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TIL Animal Planet made a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids… twice!

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b94JN TIL Italy and the EU border coastal and border guard agency, Frontex, illegally funded and assisted the Libyan coast guard to capture Libyans fleeing for refuge.
VWGD TIL One third of the world’s population has never made a telephone call.
69bmQ TIL that while stranded in Jamaica and denied food by the locals, Columbus used his knowledge of an upcoming lunar eclipse to trick them. He said his god was angry and would turn the moon red as a sign of wrath. When the eclipse occurred, the they got terrified, begged for mercy and gave supplies.
AEX4 TIL the QWERTY keyboard layout is very inefficient when compared to alternatives. It was originally created to “slow down” typists in order to decrease the chances of jamming the typewriter. However, the layout still endures today as we use it almost exclusively.
wWXY TIL Tommy Lee Jones is the face of the advertising campaign for Boss canned coffee in Japan, and has been for some time