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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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L9oP TIL A teacher who sexually abused a student and forced her to take nude photos was caught after a janitor cleaning his classroom found a DVD. It was labeled 300 and he mistook it for the action film of the same name. He put the disk into a DVD player to watch it and discovered the naked photos.
egBk TIL 20th Century Fox gave up merchandising and sequel rights to Star Wars in exchange for Lucas accepting a $150,000 salary instead of $500,000. George Lucas made over $7 billion from Star Wars.
VBKGB TIL about the self-propelled barge T-36, which drifted 49 days across the North Pacific Ocean in 1960 after being disabled, with all sailors on board surviving the journey by rationing three days' supply of food. Returning to the Soviet Union, the crew had popularity close to that of cosmonauts.
QNvod TIL some male lizards are known to bite the head or neck of female lizards while mating, which has been referred to as a Love Bite.
b9bQa TIL that Bob Marley was buried with his Gibson "Les Paul" guitar, a soccer ball, a marijuana bud, a ring that had been given to him by the Prince Asfa Wossen of Ethiopia, and a Bible. A month before his death, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.