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TIL that a film advocating the flat-Earth theory received the Russia's highest annual television award in 2017 in the nomination "best educational program"

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0wR8p TIL after noticing all of the attention the US women’s gymnastics team was getting, the US men’s gymnastics team suggested they compete shirtless to attract more viewers
dDaZ8 TIL: There is 12,000 year old rock art in the middle of the Sahara Desert, created by humans when the Sahara was still green and full of life. Some historians believe the human experience of watching the Sahara dry up still exists today as the story of the Garden of Eden
kJvAe TIL that in WWII, a Belgian woman in her twenties was responsible for a smuggling operation called the "Comet Line"; the sole purpose of which was to exfiltrate Allied airmen downed over the skies of fortress Europe.
9Y9Jm TIL: Every day during peak season, 30-35 jumbo jets loaded with cut flowers leave Columbia. Most land in Miami.
e0LNb TIL The cravat originated in Croatia. The French army enlisted Croatian mercerneries who tied/knotted cloth around their necks with linen, silks or other fabric. The word comes from the French mispronounciation of the word "croate", meaning Croatian.