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TIL in England, there is a ‘Chap Olympiad’ where contestants compete in events like Umbrella Joustin and Shouting at Foreigners

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a8kO0 TIl-Terry Fox, A 21 Year Old Canadian Who Lost A Leg To Cancer, Began A Cross-Canada Run To Raise Money For Cancer Research. He Ran The Equivalent Of A Full Marathon A Day. He Made It 143 Days And 5,373 Km Before The Spread Of His Cancer Forced Him To Quit. He Died June 1981
l7xV5 TIL that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by mistake.
8egdL TIL armadillos are known to kill and eat the infants of much larger animals like deer, sheep, and cows
nW57d TIL Rodney Marks died of methanol poisoning under suspicious circumstances while working at the South Pole. His body was kept frozen for 6 months before it was able to be recovered.
5YpD9 TIL whales spouting water out of blowholes is a common error propagated in children's books and movies (the whale would be drowning if it did so). A 2016 scientific survey of children's books featuring whales and cetaceans revealed 74/116 had factual errors, including almost half of the non-fiction.