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TIL Nazaré Canyon in Portugal records the Biggest Waves in the World, as high as 100 feet due to an amplifying effect from its Gorge which is 10,000 feet deeper than the Grand Canyon.

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lo9yA TIL that viable sperm can be harvested from dead men up to 48 hours after death.
N7mpJ TIL of a play called the "Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda." "It critiques acclaimed musical Hamilton through a depiction of a fictionalized version of Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is visited by several historical figures missing from the musical in a style similar to Dickens' A Christmas Carol."
O8Rg TIL Gandhi refused to let doctors administer penicillin to his wife, which led to her death, yet accepted quinine to save his life…
M7G1A TIL a board game entitled "The Campaign for North Africa" has been calculated to require up to 1,500 hours to complete.
mPBY TIL Disney-Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter was FIRED by Disney in the early-1980s after pitching a computer-animated film about forgotten appliances at a summer cabin waiting for their owner to return. He was so ashamed that he didn’t admit what happened to even his wife for over 20 years