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TIL that the first olympic marathon gold medalist told hittler that he hoped he won't start a war. And brought him an olive tree branch instead of nazi waving.

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Egmlo TIL that composer Sebastian Plano created a musical album called Keynvor (the Cornish word for ocean) made entirely of ocean sounds from the cornish coast and piano. Each song is named a Lat/Long coordinate to the place where the ocean sounds were recorded. All proceeds went to ocean restoration.
DQ4lp TIL Agatha Christie wrote an unpublished book where she killed off Poirot because she hated him.
x6Pv5 TIL the Aghori is a Hindu Shaivite monastic order, who's practices focus on breaking taboos, and rejecting purity. They include living in cemeteries, smearing cremation ashes on their bodies, making items from bones, meditating on corpses, and even having sex in the presence of corpses.
78aMb TIL that 1 in 40 babies show symptoms of depression
v9yj TIL chemists Lea & Perrins created the recipe for a fermented liquid condiment in the 1830s, however it wasn’t to their liking and was set aside and forgotten about. When the barrels were rediscovered many months later, the taste had mellowed into what is now known as Worcestershire sauce.