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TIL Animal Planet made a fake documentary claiming the existence of mermaids. Twice.

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LQ5lQ TIL Elvis Presley had an identical twin brother. Jesse Garon Presley was born 35 minutes before his brother Elvis, stillborn.
OGJGg TIL Al Pacino is the 20th oldest father in recorded history, and Robert De Niro is the 28th
4XGBo TIL The Herpes Virus is being used to treat Cancer. A modified form of Herpes is already FDA approved to treat melanoma.
N7O58 TIL that the will of Who bassist John Entwistle, who died in 2002 after taking cocaine with a stripper in a Las Vegas hotel, divided his estate between his mother, son and girlfriend. A month after receiving an inheritance of ca £1million, Lisa Pritchett-Johnson died of a suspected drug overdose.
69B78 TIL that the precursor to LASIK, Radial Keratotomy, where operations to correct vision would be done “manually with a blade”, often led to many issues, such as vision loss and infection because the incision remains open indefinitely. "It is well documented that RK incisions never completely heal..."