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TIL Somali piracy emerged from an effort by local fisherman to fight against the often-illegal operations of foreign fishing vessels

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Gm81 TIL MythBusters confirmed the myth that a scuba diver can wear a tuxedo underneath his drysuit, go underwater, resurface, strip off his scuba gear, and be able to present the tuxedo at a yacht party in the harbour as in James Bond Goldfinger.
e04mg TIL that Samuel J. Seymour, the last surviving witness of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, lived long enough to be interviewed on national television on February 9, 1956.
ZpGMR TIL of the death of Rudolf Rupp. His wife, two daughters, and one of their boyfriends falsely confessed to and were sentenced to jail for killing, dismembering, and feeding Rupp to dogs on the family farm. They were all later acquitted when his body was found intact in his car in the Danube.
8PL4 TIL boxer crabs have small pincers that are useless for defense, so they carry sea anemones around as weapons.
ZpMQ4 TIL Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) was the first traditionally animated film and is one of the top-10 performers at the box office in North America and the highest-grossing animated film. Disney was awarded an honorary Oscar consisting of one normal-sized, plus seven mini statuettes.