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TIL that ultra-marathoner Marshall Ulrich had all his toenails pulled out to allow him to run more efficiently.

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eAB5 TIL after the closure of North American airspace on Sept. 11, 2001, a small Canadian town had its population nearly doubled when 7,000 passengers were forced to land. The small community provided food, clothing, and prescriptions free of charge to all of the stranded passengers.
EgplW TIL Of Francis Charteris a notorious sex predator who made a fortune through the south sea scam as well as gambling(in which he was found to be cheating). He was eventually sentenced to death but bribed his way into acquiring a pardon. After his death, people threw dead cats in his grave
4kPma TIL famous pirate Sir Francis Drake once brought 200 Muslims to Roanoke after freeing them from slavery.
Gw6g TIL in “Hey Jude” by The Beatles Paul McCartney messes up and says “fucking hell!” It’s audible in most versions.
Y79vx TIL the first known instance of a storm chaser or meteorologist killed by a tornado occurred in 2013 when Tim Samaras, his son Paul, & Carl Young were killed near El Reno, OK by the widest tornado ever recorded. It expanded from 1 mile to 2.6 miles wide in about 30 seconds as it closed in on them.