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TIL That the term Peeping Tom came from the story of Lady Godiva since he was the only person to look at her during her naked ride through Coventry

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wLLrM TIL that Diana Nyad, at the age of 64, became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida. This was done unassisted.
9wVVr TIL some people actually survived their executions and in some cases were given a reprieve.
LQZZ TIL There is a pirate ‘stock exchange’ in Somalia where locals can invest in pirate gangs planning hijacking missions
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