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PYR6e TIL that despite not existing for the past 30 years, the Soviet Union still holds the most Olympic gold medals for wrestling.
kO7Xg TIL The Simpsons was originally supposed to end in December 2011 with the series finale episode that eventually aired called "Holidays of Future Passed."
j4vj TIL that on April 1, 1974, the local residents of Sitka, Alaska woke to their nearby dormant volcano, Mount Edgecumbe, billowing out black smoke. When a Coast Guard pilot came closer to investigate, he found 70 tires burning and the words “APRIL FOOL” spray painted into the snow.
8aOoK TIL that in the US, extreme heat kills more people than all other weather related events.
G6y1 TIL that a 23 year old French con artist impersonated and assumed the identity of a 16 year old missing Texas boy, living with the boy’s family for months, despite retaining his French accent and having different colored eyes from the missing teen.