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TIL that, after a series of shark attacks in 2010, Egyptian officials claimed that "the GPS tracking device found on one of the sharks was in fact a "guiding device" planted by Israeli agents"

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V9kB TIL: That Iceland has a registry of approved names that a parent can give their child. All names are regulated by the Icelandic Naming Committee and must conform to Icelandic grammar, cultural tradition, and be non-embarrassing for the child.
oR9nA TIL of Peter Kinloch, who went blind shortly after summiting Mount Everest and had to be abandoned by his team
rNlg1 TIL that pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest English word published in Oxford Dictionaries, which defines it as "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust".
oB4Z8 TIL that Charles Darwin brought back a 5 year old Tortoise named Harriet from the Galápagos Islands that would be later owned by Steve Irwin. Harriet died in 2006 at the age of 176.
m1kNR TIL there’s Evidence the Flood Story Predates Noah