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TIL an endurance athlete, Dean Karnazes, ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005

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e0Dbb TIL In order to link their stone age village to the outside world, 13 Chinese villagers carved their way through a mountain. Today, that tunnel is a tourist attraction
K14w TIL that the “Pirate speak” from movies and books was an actual distinct dialect of English which was spoken until the 19th century in the west country. It became associated with pirates due to the strong seafaring tradition from the area.
mxx0R TIL - 'Wednesday' derives from Old English 'Wōdnesdæg' which originates from the Old Norse God Odin's name.
d8eWZ TIL The Only Voice Recording From A Person Born In The 18th Century Was Prussian General Helmuth von Moltke, The Elder