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

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j6eGX TIL that the inscription "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes you free") above the entrance gate to the Auschwitz camp is no longer the original, which has been kept in a museum since it was stolen and found cut into pieces in 2009.
kOZv4 TIL that the NASA's HQ building is owned by a Korean firm.
0wdO1 TIL That 7% of all American adults (which equates to around 16 million people) believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows
695pJ TIL that Samuel Morse had high expectations of establishing himself as a professional artist. Disillusioned by failure, Morse ceased painting in 1837 at the age of forty-six, and devoted the last thirty-five years of his life to perfecting the electromagnetic telegraph.
e08PL TIL that Alaskan Wood Frogs freeze during winters. 2/3rds of their body water turns into ice, hearts stop beating & blood stops flowing. They build up high concentrations glucose in their organs & tissues which prevents cells from shrinking/dying. When spring arrives, they thaw out & hop away.