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TIL that Kashmir has the world's only floating post office, located on Dal Lake in Srinagar. It was relaunched in August 2011 and also includes a museum within itself.

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pd5b TIL Sean Connery placed 3rd in the Mr Universe competition over 60 years ago.
78VPZ TIL that in 2014, Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without using a shark cage. She endured a 104-mile swim through jellyfish and shark-infested waters, taking approximately 53 hours. Amazingly, she was 64 years old when she made this swim.
K8VQ TIL Jodie Foster was born 3 years after her parents divorced… her mother got pregnant when she stopped by her father’s house for child support.
l7P47 TIL that Youtube-dl existed
ANwO4 TIL while Dick Fosbury was creating the Fosbury Flop, which became the standard high jump style after his 1968 Olympic gold, Debbie Brill was developing the same technique, calling it the Brill Bend. Neither knew of each other's innovation until they competed at the same junior competition.