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9YKX7 TIL that airport officials in Bulgaria seized two million baby eels that had been hidden in luggage. The eels, known as elvers, had been declared food items. It’s a critically endangered species and cannot be exported outside the region.
VMeXk TIL Mandrake, a root of a plant which sometimes resembles a human. It has long been steeped in the occult and medieval lore. The root was believed to bear hallucinogenic and narcotic properties and used in the treatment of headaches, earaches, gout and insanity to name a few.
n9Wr TIL: Jackie Chan did NOT voice Jackie Chan in Jackie Chan Adventures. Jackie Chan only appeared on Jackie Chan Adventures as the live-action Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan Adventures Jackie Chan was voice by Jackie Chan Impersonator… James Sie
oRyjo TIL of Hugo Gernsback. Among other things, The Hugo Awards were named after him. He founded Amazing Stories, the first sci-fi magazine, in 1926. He even received his own Hugo Award in 1960.
x6m9B TIL a Croatian woman died of unknown natural causes alone in her apartment; her body remained undisturbed for 42 years until it was discovered sitting in front of her TV in 2008. It's thought that the isolated position of the place allowed the decomposition to go unnoticed until mummification set in