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TIL : There are a lot of sunken German U-Boats. Here’s a map of them all!

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e0gxg TIL that the Berber people of North Africa and the Sami people of northern Scandinavia share a close mitochondrial DNA link. Researchers found that the two groups diverged about 9000 years ago, just after the last ice age.
KOKO4 TIL that Matt Damon was offered the lead in Avatar and 10% of the film's profits — but he turned it down out of respect for the Bourne franchise, and ended up losing out on $250 million as a result.
awnB9 TIL that Marco Polo makes no mention of the Great Wall in any of his writings on China, which some people believe proves he never visited the country. This type of conclusion is called “argument from silence” and is a common logical fallacy.
5DBn TIL that Denmark was one of the few countries that resisted turning over its Jewish citizens during the Holocaust. The Danish king told the PM at the time that if the Germans tried to force Danish Jews to wear a yellow star, then he would wear one too.
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