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TIL tug-of-war was present at the summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920. Since a country could enter multiple clubs, the USA won all 3 medals in the sport at the 1904 Olympics.

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QJDeM TIL In 2014, a three-year-old girl, Karina Chikitova, survived 11 days in the Siberian wilderness with only her dog for company. She ate wild berries and drank from a river, curling up next to her dog for warmth. She was saved when her dog went back to her village and guided rescuers to her.
LkOL0 TIL American soldiers in the Pacific theater of WW2 always used passwords containing the letter 'L' due to Japanese mispronunciation, a word such as lollapalooza would be used and upon hearing the first two syllables come back as 'rorra' would "open fire without waiting to hear the rest".
7r8lb TIL of the Paradox of the Court.Protagoras taught Euathlus who agreed to pay him after his first victory.He did not practise law and Protagoras decided to sue him for the money, arguing that should still be paid even if he fails because Euathlus would have won his first case
dD8lQ TIL Bees come in colors other than yellow! There are green, blue, and gray varieties that also exist, such as the Green Orchid bee, the Blue Calamintha bee, and the Ashy Mining bee.
kAW4 TIL that the theory of an infinite universe was first proposed by a Greek philosopher named Archytas of Tarentum ~400 B.C., reasoning that even if he did reach the end of the universe he would still be able extend his staff beyond the boundary.