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neVkd TIL of Rosie Ruiz, a 26 year old woman who won the Boston Marathon with one of the best times, only to be found out she had emerged from the spectators near the finish line. She'd previously rode the subway for the New York marathon too.
MeA0A TIL in 2016, during a Facebook Q&A, Stan Lee named Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002) as his favorite superhero movie.
YglG TIL Lord Nelson, one of the greatest British naval commanders of all time suffered from chronic sea sickness throughout his career.
x6b97 TIL that Bancroft Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis is the world's largest dorm, housing all 4,400 cadets (midshipmen) in a single building. The dorm has nearly 5 miles of hallways.
v1R8L TIL of The McKee Sons, a freighter that ran aground in the Detroit River on Christmas Eve while delivering almost 12,000 tons of coal