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TIL Despite being one of the wealthiest, healthiest & an extremely Developed Nation, Singapore has won only 5 medals in its entire Olympic history of over 7 decades. The island state has a population of over 5 million.

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OogPa TIL of Elizabeth Swaney, a completely average skier who managed to compete in the Olympics by cleverly manipulating the system
4kkQJ TIL due its slow rotation around its own axis and its uneven orbital path around the sun, occasionally the sun will appear to reverse its path in Mercury's sky, and reverse again, causing Mercury to sometimes have a double sunrise.
VBkL8 TIL about the porrón, a Spanish pitcher used to drink communally by pouring wine or other drinks into your mouth from a distance, much like a watering can for flowers
9BKQ TIL Tami Erin, the actress who played Pippi Longstocking in 1988, sold a sex tape after her ex-boyfriend threatened to profit from it.
NPm1 TIL that during an olympic gold hockey game involving Canada, so many people viewed it on tv that there were massive fluctuations in water pressure during the time between periods from people using the bathroom simultaneously