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TIL the strongest man in history was from Canada.

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B70D TIL Sochi, Russia, home to the 2014 Winter Olympics, is considered the country’s largest resort city, with a “subtropical climate” and “warm to hot summers and mild winters”
VBj68 TIL about Ōkunoshima, Japan's Rabbit Island. Once a secret WWII chemical weapons site, it's now famous for its friendly, free-roaming bunnies. Despite its dark history, the island attracts visitors who enjoy interacting with the rabbits. The Ōkunoshima Poison Gas Museum is a somber reminder
GYpR4 TIL: that Renaissance artist Michelangelo illustrated his shopping list because his servant was illiterate.
p8wZ TIL that since the making of the documentary “Jesus Camp”, one of the pastors from Kids on Fire announced that due to negative reactions to the camp after the film, the camp which was held once a year for three weeks has been discontinued indefinitely and will be replaced by other events.
J1KeV TIL Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) was fluent in French, Latin, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Greek and Italian.