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TIL the bacteria Jimmy Neutron fought in Carl’s stomach were morphologically consistent with reality

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e0Nv6 Til before Nihon came into official use, Japan was known in China as Wa (倭) meaning "short" or "submissive". Japanese envoys found it offensive and requested a name change
yQvdM TIL that in 2001, over half a tonne of 80% pure cocaine washed up on a Portuguese island, drastically changing the island, with the effects being felt to this day.
XE1bj TIL of Valentin Dikul - a soviet circus performer who broke his back in an accident when he was 15 and was told by doctors he’d never walk again. He then designed his own training system, fully recovered and performed amazing feats of strength in the future e.g., back squatted 450kg/990lbs at 60 yo.
WQJA TIL that Greece is worse off now than the US was in the peak of the Great Depression.
69gVZ TIL that in 2002 a British scientist set out to find the funniest joke in the world - and found it.