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TIL Palau announced it would create the world's first shark sanctuary banning commercial shark fishing. The sanctuary protects about 230,000 square miles of ocean. Palau received the Future Policy Award from World Future Council, because "Palau is a global leader in protecting marine ecosystems.”

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9YEQp TIL the pirate 'Black Bart' believed Irish people to be some of the worst people to have on your crew due to them being highly mutinous. As a result, many people who Bart tried to force into piracy would often fake an Irish accent so they could get out of it.
weEo TIL James Bond killed 352 people in 22 films and Pierce Brosnan was the deadliest Bond (killed 47 people in GoldenEye)
l7aXK TIL when King Ferdinand of Spain died in 1065, he divided his kingdom between his three sons. They immediately went to war. Within a few years, Sancho was murdered, García was imprisoned for life, and with his brothers out of the way, Alfonso VI lived a relatively easy life—reigning until age 69.
dDj1Z TIL Looney Tunes’ Porky Pig’s original voice actor, Joe Dougherty, had a stutter he couldn’t control. It caused production costs to became too high as his recording sessions took hours. Mel Blanc replaced him, allowing the stutter to be controlled and used comedically
WknaX TIL Juvena Huang, a 20 something girl, rode from Singapore to Czech republic on her Vespa Scooter covering 44,000km, 25 countries in 27 months. She took this journey in memory of a friend who had inspired her to ride bikes and had later passed away. Truly an inspirational story.