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TIL that Togo, not Balto, was the real hero in delivering serum to Nome, Alaska.

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5YGpQ TIL that the world’s longest marathon took about 54 years. Heat stopped Shiso Kanakuri during the 1967 Olympics. Ashamed, he went back to Japan without alerting authorities. Sweden then put him on a missing persons list for over half a century before he was found and given the chance to finish.
9LvB TIL the US Homeownership Rate Is Now the Lowest Since 1989
neOAr TIL about a place in Oyo State Nigeria called Igbo-Ora, regarded as the twins capital of the world with up up 150 twin sets per 1000 births
p8o6A TIL: The term "Hat-Trick" was first coined in cricket, in 1858, to describe H.H. Stephenson's taking three wickets with three consecutive deliveries. Fans held a collection for Stephenson and presented him with a hat, bought with the proceeds. The term was used in print for the first time in 1865.
YpMn7 TIL U.S. flight attendants have higher rates of breast cancer, uterine cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, thyroid cancer, and cervical cancer, when compared with the general public, likely due to regular exposure to cosmic ionizing radiation