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TIL the largest man-made beach is 26 miles long.

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kOKPd TIL that Scottish scientist James Croll, who would go on to revolutionize climate science, got his start by teaching himself physics and astronomy at a university library at night. He was employed there as a janitor.
0MWL TIL cultural baggage may cause plane crashes and mountain climbing disasters. In a study of 5,000 Himalayan expeditions, scientists found that Chinese alpinists, for instance, were more likely to die on the mountain than Austrians.
OGVoL TIL that some people engage in 'platonic co-parenting', where they raise children together without ever being in a romantic relationship
rNymW TIL that classical guitarist legend Andres Segovia gave 5,402 concerts, appearing on stage every year from 1909 to 1987 starting at the age of 16 with his final performance at 94. He toured 60 countries and 723 cities. He produced about 50 long-playing records.
R58ow TIL about Mansa Musa, 9th Mansa of the Mali Empire and candidate for richest person in history. Mansa Musa presided over Mali's 14th Century golden age, when it traded across the Sahara with Europe and Egypt and made Timbuktu a centre of Islamic learning and scholarship.