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TIL 'George Washington said before his death "I will never set foot on English soil again" so when they erected a statue of him in London, they put US soil under his statue to honor his claim.'

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MdVm TIL There is such an expansive collection of books under the British library in their archive, that if a person could read 5 books per day it would take the 80,000 years to complete.
4kMJR TIL The fist bump originated in the US in the 1970s likely as an imitation of 2 boxers bumping gloves before a match. The first fist bump recorded in Australia was in 1990 between two opening batsmen, Mick Tyler and Bob Minney. From there it spread world wide and became popular among all athletes.
p8Zo8 TIL of Soda locomotive, a fireless locomotive that ran on sodium hydroxide. When steam came in contact with the sodium hydroxide, it would generate enough heat to actually run the boiler and generate more steam and propel the locomotive forward.
1KNP TIL 3 of the 4 sunk US battleships at the Attack on Pearl Harbor were later raised, returned to service, and used to fight in World War II
wQxM TIL Archaeological evidence has been uncovered in Iceland which indicates that Gaelic Monks from Ireland discovered and settled Iceland before the Norse