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TIL A dam in Saltville, VA holding back a pond filled with 27 years of toxic waste broke on Christmas Even of 1924 and flooded an entire neighborhood killing 19 people.

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VMYem TIL in 1977 Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, a poor Indian artist, rode a second-hand bicycle for 4 weeks and 3 days from New Delhi to Gothenburg in Sweden to meet his love Charlotte Von Schedvin because he didn’t have enough money. They married and have 2 children.
gMxV7 TIL of the Mary Celeste, an American merchant ship found adrift by the Dei Gratia, intact & crew missing, in the Atlantic off the Azores in 1872, a month after leaving port. Though amply supplied and personal belongings intact, there was no sign of where or why they left. The crew was never found.
xEN0 TIL the guy that punched Snooki, joined the Army, because he couldn’t get a job.
kOWJ7 TIL that the “BASE" in BASE jumping is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: building, antenna, span, and earth
DQQxV Til of the Beagle Brigade - a team of beagles and their handles whose role is to protect the United States by inspecting luggage that may contain illegal agricultural products and averages over 75,000 seizures annually.