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TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name

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DQLAJ TIL that the largest shoe size ever worn by a person was a US size 37AA/ UK size 36/ EU size 75 and was worn 'unsurprisingly' by the tallest man in recorded history Robert Pershing Wadlow.
pYxAA TIL the Earth's crust is thought to contain three times the amount of water as is present in the oceans, stored in a mineral called 'ringwoodite'
Bl5d TIL ‘Jersey Shore’ was shown in Japan under the name 'MTV Jersey Shore: the New Jersey Life of Macaroni Rascals’
4l5J TIL Danielle Lierow is a girl who was severely neglected since birth, left in a dark room as a toddler, and never learned how to talk, eat, or hold a doll. She was adopted into a loving home in 2007 and in 2014 was 15 years old in high school and able to say “I love you” to her adoptive father.
Edv0 TIL after France refused to deliver five missile boats Israel bought from them, Israel executed a heist to steal the boats and piloted them back to Israel