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TIL the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been held in jail illegally for years and the former President that used to fight for democracy was poisoned.

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Y7L5G TIL some sharks lay spiral shark eggs and others lay 'mermaid purses'. Some sharks are oviparous (lay eggs), some are viviparous (give birth to living young) and other sharks are ovoviviparous (the eggs hatch inside the mother before the young are born alive)
AV1n TIL Skechers was sued for false advertising of Shape-Ups ($40M) and had to mail out half a million refunds
WkNrd TIL Chinese scientist who used a gene editing tool called CRISPR to make two twins immune to HIV is now missing
kOLm TIL the deepest hole ever drilled reached 7.6 miles (12.3 km) before drilling was stopped because the temperature at that depth became too high at 356°F (180°C)
DNEP TIL “Ghostbusters” and “Gremlins” both came out on the same day… 30 years ago today.