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TIL that dozens of "ghost ships" wash up on the Japanese coast every year, believed to be North Korean fishing vessels lost at sea

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OGena TIL that Quentin Tarantino appears as an Elvis impersonator in the Golden Girls episode "Sophia's Wedding: Part 1" 4 years before the release of his first film
KYDj4 TIL that 2 people are buried on a runway at a US airport where hundreds of planes land every day, and many people have no idea
OMP6 TIL In the 1912 Olympics, Duke Kahanamoku was favored to win 100m freestyle swim. When he overslept, missing the prelims. Cecil Healy of Australia refused to swim in final unless Duke was allowed to swim special qualifier. The judges relented; Healy’s sportsmanship cost him the gold.
OoV97 TIL The Russian island of Big Diomede and the U.S. island of Little Diomede located in the Bering Strait are separated by the International Date Line, making Big Diomede 21 hours ahead of Little Diomede even though they are separated by about 2.4 miles (3.8 km)
v1vWK TIL that the word “Good” replaced an old Germanic word “Bat” which is why the comparative forms are better and best.