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TIL the person who named the 'pacific': Ferdinand Magellan

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DQD7j TIL in 1884, LaMarcus Adna Thompson invented rollercoasters to deter people from gambling, drinking, and other morally questionable activities. The rollercoaster was called the Switchback Railway located at Coney Island, New York.
Zp0dB TIL about the Battle of Hodów, where 400 Polish Soldiers managed to defeat around 40,000 Troops of the Crimean Khanate.
ylgJ TIL an American psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison developed an insane experiment called the “Pit of Despair”, which involved socially isolating young monkeys for up to a year at a time. The monkeys developed psychosis, would cannibalize on their offspring, and also commit suicide
yZwl TIL that certain bears in Russia have become addicted to sniffing Jet Fuel out of discarded barrels. Going as far as stalking helicopters for the drops of fuel they leave behind.
mGyo TIL the Pope’s popemobile is a Hyundai unlike previous popes that have used Mercedes.