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TIL comedian Eddie Izzard completed 43 marathons in 51 days with no history of long distance running

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ep6QL TIL The new year was celebrated on April 1 . In France it became known as Fish Day . A day to play practical jokes .
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wrd6 TIL During the Winter War, the Finns would prop up frozen Soviet soldiers to intimdate the troops
kABB TIL that there hasn’t been a Democrat-nominated chief justice in almost 60 years.
9rap TIL: headlines that end with a question mark can be answered no: Betteridge’s Law. Any headline with a question mark is usually a BS story.