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TIL the tallest candidate wins the majority of US presidential elections

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MeJbB TIL That the deepest underwater concert was performed at 303 m (994 ft) below sea level by Katie Melua and her band, on Statoil's Troll A gas rig, off the coast of Bergen, Norway, on 1 October 2006.
XEeaj TIL that pure vanilla extract, by law, has a minimum of 35% alcohol content.
b95PE TIL hippos can't actually swim. They run across the bottom of bodies of water and hop up when they need to get air.
69QgW TIL : In 1986 a Russian commercial pilot made a bet with the first officer that he could land blind with curtains over the cockpit windows. He lost the bet, crashing and killing 70 people.
GAZ7g TIL that before the 1872 photo series 'Horse In Motion' no one knew how horses move their legs in gallop as it is too fast to see with the naked eye. Before then they were frequently painted with their legs stretched out at both ends which is not in fact a part of any horse gait.