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TIL that scientists have managed to unboil an egg

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NXAA8 TIL: Terry Fox ran the equivalent of 128 marathons in 143 days in an attempt to run across Canada to raise funds for cancer research, all despite having lost a leg to cancer. His Marathon of Hope led to the annual Terry Fox Run, which continues to support cancer research globally. 🇨🇦🏃‍♂️
rMg1 TIL The difference between a wyvern and a dragon is that a wyvern has 2 legs and a dragon has 4.
exWk TIL that in 1910 two young boys(6 and 10) took a trip from Oklahoma to Manhattan on horseback completely alone.
Bgb9W TIL that during the Great Depression, towns in the United States created their own currencies called “scrip” because the national currency was so scarce that people couldn’t buy basic goods.
x6pm5 TIL Millvina Dean was the last and youngest survivor of the Titanic. She was just over 2 months old when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Dean credits her father for her survival. She was one of 706 people — mostly women and children — who survived. Her father was among the 1,517 who died.