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TIL that even though they are only 2.4 miles apart, Yesterday and Tomorrow Islands are 21 hours apart due to the International Date Line being located between them.

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5vRr TIL that Nikita Khrushchev made a speech denouncing Stalin that was so shocking it caused heart attacks for some in attendance and others committed suicide afterwards.
D1a5D TIL in 332 BC when Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt they did not put up a fight against him, instead saw him as a liberator from the Persian empire, he was pronounced son of the deity Amun at the Oracle of Siwa Oasis in the Libyan desert.
BgRyD TIL-Drew Barrymore's Grandmother was a famous silent film actress, nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen".
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