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TIL the Nautilus traveled under North Pole, and let us all know for certain no land is up there

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YGLr TIL that Muhammad Ali threw his 1960 Olympic Gold Medal into the Ohio River, following is refused service at a “whites-only” restaurant. He would be awarded with an honorary medal in 1996.
EgxP7 TIL In 2015, the UK government paid off its remaining debt of £1.9bn from World War One
nWy07 TIL that Phantom Islands appeared on maps but later found not to exist. They often stem from early sailors' reports, navigational errors, or deliberate fabrications, and some lingered on maps for centuries before being debunked.
dBKE TIL that “nearly 88,000 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.”
D1j6P TIL that many public libraries in the US participate in Inter Library Loan (ILL). That means you have access to virtually any book, journal,magazine or dvd held by any library in the country