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TIL that in 2013, a man tried to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil to promote a charity. He was run over and killed by a truck just 250 miles into his 10,000-mile trip

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7Q0L TIL in 2012 in an event dubbed the ‘Thrilla on the Hilla’ two Canadian politicans boxed eachother for charity.
D8yj TIL soon after the American revolution, the leader of the Continental Congress asked the Prince of Prussia to become King of the United States
eD5L TIL that between 1836 and 1914, over 30 million Europeans migrated to the United States. One in seven failed to survive the transatlantic crossing.
BgpXL TIL FDR's Fala Speech, inwhich Roosevelt defended his dog's honor from false accusations, was by Orson Welles. Welles had a history of sending in ideas for FDR and ad-libbed the original Fala joke for the President.
Oxxa TIL that the first color photograph was of a tartan ribbon, it was taken in 1861