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TIL of a city in Peru called Iquitos. It's the largest city in the world where you can't access by road. The only way to get there is by plane or boat.

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mx4Mv TIL that stingray injuries are almost never fatal. When Steve Irwin died from a stingray attack in 2006, it was only the second recorded stingray-related death in Australia since 1945.
R7XAa TIL that when Nichelle Nichols read for the part of a communications officer in 'Star Trek', she had a copy of Robert Ruark's 'Uhuru' with her. 'Uhuru' is Swahili for 'freedom', and when Gene Roddenberry heard what the word meant, he changed the character's name to 'Uhura'.
8e7AK TIL the longest open missing persons case in the US is that of Marvin Clark, who disappeared on October 30, 1926 while traveling from Tigard to Portland, Oregon. The case is still open today.
ZGpB TIL: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was such a poor cook, that her husband “expelled” her from the kitchen and took charge of all cooking, despite traditional gender roles. When her husband died, the spouses of SCOTUS justices released a cookbook in his honor.
66Mm TIL: The original word for “bear” (the animal) has been lost. Superstitious people in medieval times thought that saying the ferocious animal’s name would summon it, so they used a euphemism that meant “the brown one” (“bear”) … The original word was never recorded, so it remains a mystery.