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TIL all polar bears alive today can trace their ancestry to a single brown bear that lived in Ireland during the last Ice Age.

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NXlJ8 TIL that in 1990, a young woman was found hanged near the Spanish border town of Portbou — elegantly dressed, with no ID, and no past. For 34 years, no one has known who she was. Now, new DNA tech might finally reveal the truth behind Spain’s most haunting mystery.
nQld TIL a famous painting considered to be ‘lost’ was rediscovered by Gergely Barki, who found it whilst watching Stuart Little and noticing it was used as a prop in the background
b69A0 TIL Plankton can refer to microscopic organisms that live in the air as well as the ocean
ADlOg TIL The German Empire committed genocide in Namibia from 1904-1908, killing upto 110000 natives, making it one of the earliest attempts at genocide in the 20th century. In 2015 the German government refused to consider reparations for the act.
j0Ov TIL That in 2007, renown violinist Joshua Bell once played 6 Bach pieces at a metro station in DC. He played some of the hardest songs ever on a $3,500,000 violin for 45 minutes, and made $32 with 6 people watching. He frequently sells out shows for $100 a piece. There was no applause.