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TIL Saudi Arabia accidentally printed thousands of textbooks containing this image of Yoda sitting next to King Faisal while he signed the 1945 UN charter

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rJWW TIL that the Bermuda Triangle’s rate of confirmed mysterious disappearances (per area) is no higher than anywhere else in the world. The whole concept is bogus.
rNAow TIL About a third of the elk in Yellowstone Park died as a result of the 1988 forest fires. The elk population had almost recovered by January 1995 when wolves were reintroduced. Since wolves are back in Yellowstone, the elk population has dropped about 80 percent.
wbwY TIL An old Heinz QR code on a ketchup bottle linked to a German hardcore porn site. A German man who scanned the code thinking it would go to a design you own label page, got an apology from Heinz, and offer of a free year’s subscription from the porn site.
N7ZjM TIL There is a species of land snail that is named after wildlife expert Steve Irwin. The species is named "Crikey Steveirwini."
6EYEJ TIL Helicoprion is a genus of extinct shark whose fossil specimens reveal spirally arranged clusters of the individuals' teeth called "tooth whorls" that resemble our modern circular saw blades.The shark's blade, connected to cylindrical muscle tissue, would shred prey into small, bite-sized pieces.