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TIL China has a huge national run sports program

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jNKWa TIL that the normal intelligible outdoor range of the male human voice in still air is 180 m (590 ft 6.6 in). The silbo, the whistled language of the Spanish-speaking inhabitants of the Canary Island of La Gomera, is intelligible under ideal conditions at 8 km (5 miles).
RRW9 TIL China has executed at least 14 Billionaires in 8 years between 2003 and 2011.
Xlgr TIL Avocados are actually really large berries.
1aRVP TIL that the extinct Carolina parakeet may have become poisonous from eating toxic seeds, because cats were noted to die after eating the birds
780b7 TIL Early in his career actor Zero Mostel was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for suspected communist sympathies. During his testimony, Mostel refused to name names, made jokes, and challenged the committee's assertions.