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TIL Henry III received a polar bear from King Haakon of Norway in 1252.

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pmXQ TIL at the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
aM6A TIL the word for “roller coasters” in Russian translates to “American Mountains.”
Zg7p TIL Only 0.03% of high school basketball players make it to the NBA, and only 0.003% play at that level for longer than 4 years.
WKAN TIL: Stephen King donated so much money to help build a baseball field in Maine that the locals affectionately call it “Field of Screams”.