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Y4LA TIL Since the release of ‘Captain Phillips’, there has been controversy over its portrayal of Phillips, with several crew members claiming that he was not the hero presented in the film, and that he was at least partly at fault for an “insistence on being fast and making money.
Nn1P TIL Human induced evolution created today’s watermelons, growing them 1680 times the size of the original and becoming 3,3 times sweeter
VMGjB TIL the Australian 1 and 2 cent coins were withdrawn from circulation in 1992. The recovered coins were melted down to make the bronze medals for the Sydney 2000 Olympics
0OLj TIL Leonardo Dicaprio bought an island in Belize 10 years ago and built the world’s first eco-restorative resort that “restores” the island’s over-fished waters, coastline and forest
VBYVQ TIL "Twilight zone" refers to the part of a cave that receives a small amount of light.