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TIL that Abebe Bikila won the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics running barefoot, after failing to find shoes that fit him properly. He not only set a world record but also became the first Black African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal.

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b6lyQ TIL that the Palace of Justice in Belgium has been under renovation continuously since 1984, so long that the scaffolding used for the renovation is now in need of renovation itself since it is dangerously rusty
Z8Jop TIL that, in 2018, visitors at a zoo in southeastern China threw bricks and concrete chunks at kangaroos to get them to hop, resulting in the death of one of them
PYgve TIL that the Bald Eagle (the national bird of the United States) is one of the greatest conservation success stories ever. Populations dwindled in the 1900's due to the insecticide DDT which caused eggs to break. After the banning of DDT, eagles can now be found in 49 out of 50 US states.
pMyb TIL that the elusive “dark matter” in the universe could be detected by looking for time glitches in the existing network of GPS satellites. One researcher is already mining 15 years’ worth of GPS timing data for its signature.
xY8o TIL of the term “yellow cab” which refers to predominantly rich Asian women who are viewed as promiscuous and sexually aggressive outside of their own countries. Some Japanese women have even reclaimed the term as a badge of pride.