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TIL that there was a sequel to the wizard of oz that was about dorothy going into a mental hospital because nobody believed her adventure.

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KO8yQ TIL that in 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
GAKR7 TIL that in 1910 English pranksters disguised as Ethiopian diplomats fooled the Royal Navy into giving them a tour of HMS Dreadnought. They spoke a gibberish of mostly Greek and Latin and would shout "Bunga bunga!" to express astonishment. One of them was author Virginia Woolf.
4X1aw TIL about Andy Hartley Payne, who was the winner of the International Trans-Continental Footrace in 1928 to promote U.S. Route 66. He ran the 3,423.5 mi route from Los Angeles to New York City, much of it along U.S. Route 66, in 573 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds over an 84-day staged run.
v1vP8 TIL Amsterdam Schiphol airport has a sniffing dog on staff who can return lost items to their owners before they even know they’re gone.
l9wK TIL that shortly before the outbreak of World War I, Grigori Rasputin publicly spoke out against Russia going to war with Germany. Stating: “If Russia goes to war, it will be the end of the monarchy, of the Romanovs and of Russian institutions.“