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TIL In 2014, Journalist Serena Shim died in ‘suspicious’ car crash two days after exposing ISIS facility at Turkish border

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Y7ODr TIL the original title of Mein Kampf (A. Hitler, 1925) was Viereinhalb Jahre (des Kampfes) gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit, which translates as Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice. Max Amann, the head of Eher Verlag, suggested the catchier title.
nWWAW TIL that only 1 in every 1000 sea turtles born will survive to maturity
kJnam TIL the tiny island of Hatoma in the Ryukyu archipelago saved its only school by accepting students from mainland Japan who can’t attend a local school due to stress or mental difficulties
X4wQ TIL in the final episode of the cartoon Tom & Jerry,both Tom and Jerry commit suicide
9YY7M TIL the producers of "The Big Short" took huge pains to get permission to use Led Zeppelin’s “When the Levee Breaks” -- especially from Jimmy Page, who had disappeared somewhere with a new girlfriend and was only located in a remote pub on the very last day before the trailer's premiere