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TIL During the Cold War, Soviet Union compiled a ultra meticulous map of Washington DC that are far more detailed than typical city maps we are all familiar with including details like precise width of roads, load-bearing capacity of bridges and location of water reservoir and pumping stations

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X0ZlP TIL that the reason we think of Neanderthals as hunched over and primitive is because one of the first skeletons we found was 40 years old and had arthritis
kJok1 TIL that this brief interview in the 1950s educational series "Youth Wants to Know" is the only known surviving video footage of the renowned mathematician John Von Neumann.
e0Gg4 TIL of a drink called Kalimotxo or Calimocho which consists of equal parts red wine and cola. The drink dates back to the 1920s, originating in Spain. However, the drink didn't become popular until around 1953 when Coca-Cola became readily available in Spain.
W7kOY TIL: The Coconut Monk was a pacifist mystic who founded the Coconut Religion in Vietnam. He lived on an island, meditated in a palm tree for hours every day, had a cat and mouse as his companions, made shards of bombs into a gong, and went to prison for his opposition to the Vietnam War.
ADxG4 TIL Nike dropped Allyson Felix's 7 yr old sponsorship because she asked that she shouldn't be punished if her performance dropped due to childbirth. 10 months later she won a gold medal breaking Usain Bolt's world record for most gold medals in world championships history, with her daughter watching