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TIL Animal Planet made a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids… twice

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w7WJ TIL that there were enough discrepancies in famous outlaw John Dillinger’s autopsy and oddities in the events leading up to his death to suggest that the FBI killed the wrong man and simply claimed otherwise to escape embarrassment.
Ooyke TIL: "Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day" was actually a line created by Kelloggs to help sell their new cereal.
wLKBW TIL that abolitionist martyrJohn Brown was “cheerful” awaiting execution. Brown, a devout Christian recognizing the power of martyrdom, was “fully persuaded that I am worth inconceivably more to hang than any other purpose.” Emerson: “If he shall suffer. the gallows will be glorious like the cross.”
N7VRP TIL Researchers have devised a microneedle skin patch that can turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat locally to burn off pockets of unwanted fat such as “love handles” and treat metabolic disorders, such as obesity and diabetes.
e0Y86 TIL the Pledge of Allegiance was created as part of a marketing campaign to sells flags to public schools.