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TIL that the Olympic Games used to be sponsored by and partnered with Tobacco companies

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R7VNa TIL of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery by travelling openly from Macon, Georgia to Boston. Ellen, who was light skinned, dressed as a man with a sling to hide the fact that she could not write and passed as William's slave owner. Eventually, they fled to Liverpool, England.
v1B1K TIL that a cat in Wisconsin, saved her human family by pawing at them when they were feeling sleepy and got them out of the house. First responders did a test and revealed that the house had a dangerous level of carbon monoxide poisoning.
ogeK TIL A Canadian creationist who believes the world is only around 6,000 yrs old, accidentally discovered a 60-million-year-old fish fossil while excavating a basement in Calgary.
xva7 TIL China is currently building a fully functional duplicate of Manhattan, with intentions of it becoming the “largest single financial center in the world”.
Z8yo TIL Swearing on the bible, is against the bible