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TIL an abandoned lifeboat was found on the world’s most remote island in 1964. Its origin is still a mystery.

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J1AOl TIL SpaceX stands for Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
J1Jxk TIL A woman was killed by an alligator after accidentally falling in the pond while gardening
QGv9 TIL The most widely used map today, known as the Mercator projection map, depicts the continents’ sizes distorted, for example, Alaska appears to be three times larger than Mexico, although Mexico actually is larger than Alaska
pYrGA TIL wasps can be trained to detect bombs.
xVGL7 TIL That babies born with extra digits are not that rare, and those with 6 fingers on one hand are able to play a complicated video game with a single hand. What’s more, their brains have no trouble controlling the more complex movements of their extra digits.