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TIL that both OJ Simpson and Lance Armstrong sat on Corporate Audit Boards

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Y7xwP TIL In the 16th century, a mysterious dancing epidemic struck Strasbourg, where people uncontrollably danced for days. This bizarre event, known as the Dancing Plague, remains a historical enigma.
wM5Y TIL The Australian Thorny Devil can drink water by standing in a puddle, directing water up along its skin to the corners of its mouth.
xV601 TIL of Phoenix air group. The only airline certified by the CDC and FAA, capable of flying a patient with Ebola.
LQvym TIL that Japan was the invitee in Copa America in 1999 and 2019.
XEJKQ TIL That an illiterate retired guard in his 70s saved many of Timbuktu’s priceless manuscripts during the 2012 Al Qaeda occupation of the city, by smuggling them out of the city at night in rice sacks, in a cart. Jihadists went on to burn whatever manuscripts were left.