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TIL That in 2005 Israel honored 9 people for bombing the US Information Office in Egypt in 1954.

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xVOJ1 TIL how the marathon got its name. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled (meaning it's a myth) run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory and died from exhaustion later on.
9y4X TIL China has been producing fake chicken eggs since the 90s. The production cost is less than half of a real egg. They are made from a mixture of resin, starch, coagulant and pigments, while algae gives them proper viscosity. The shell is made from paraffin wax, gypsum powder, and calcium carbonate
07ML TIL that the Guinness Book of World Records was started by Guinness Beer to stop bar arguments
oRJxo TIL that four young people drowned in a narrow passage in an underground cave in Provo Utah 2005. They think one person tried to turn around and the others were unable to pass her. They knew the cave was unsafe.
awyyM TIL about The Uncensored Library, a project by Reporters Without Borders. Inside the library are articles by journalists who have been killed, jailed or exiled by governments. These articles can be viewed in the countries of those governments, bypassing these countries' censorship