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TIL the world’s oldest backpacker has been travelling around the world for the last 30 years

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woydo TIL in 1940 the German invasion plans for France were discovered after a military plane got lost and crash-landed in Belgium. The Allies moved troops to counter the plans and were caught by surprise when they were changed.
m0DE TIL that today is Mole Day! A holiday celebrated from 6:02 AM to 6:02 PM dedicated to Avogadro’s Number (otherwise known as the mol) 6.02 x 10^23
e0vJg TIL that the Boston Bomber, the Unabomber, Terry Nichols and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán all are being held in the same prison
W7wXB TIL There were three found unused pitch concept levels for a DLC based on the famous "Steamboat willie" cartoon from 1928 in an early "deploy build" for the 2008 Video game LittleBigPlanet.