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TIL about a man found dead on an Australian beach in 1948, with all the labels from his clothes removed, and a paper piece with the phrase "Tamam Shud" ("It is finished") sewn into his pocket. Later an undeciphered code was found from a book belonging to him. His identity remains unknown.

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PynE TIL Earth’s temperatures are currently rising at least 10 times faster than at any time during the past 65 million years.
e0XM4 TIL Breyer’s can no longer call their product “Ice cream” because of the number of additives and the low amount of milk and cream. It is a “Frozen Dairy Dessert” or “Frozen Dessert”
PLxO TIL that the Boston Marathon (2013), Virginia Tech Shootings (2007), Columbine Shootings (1999), Oklahoma City bombing (1995), and the Branch Davidian siege (1993) have all occurred in the same week of April.
x6P70 TIL the chromosomal cap, called telomere, grows shorter during cell division. Researchers also found out that most old people have shorter telomeres, that some telomeres had never shortened in those who lived past 100 years old, and that cancer cells don't die because their telomeres don't shorten.
NjAb TIL that in 2015 at least 120,000 saiga antelopes died mysteriously in mass. This corresponds to about 50% of the entire population of these rare animals.