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TIL in 2008, Elijah Wood became the first person ever to cross Victoria Falls by rope

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epNVg TIL that Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech was given at a college in rural Missouri with about 600 students. The college later purchased a ruined historic church from London, transported it stone by stone, rebuilt it and turned part of it into a Churchill museum.
v1BJ8 TIL that in the early 1800’s the Russians tried to invade Hawaii, which was an independent kingdom at the time. However, a force of natives and American traders expelled them and forced them to return to Russia.
OGB9a TIL talcum powder is made from a material which is often mined from locations with deposits of asbestos
PYRkL TIL that Fredrick the Great, tried to introduce the potato to Germany. It failed, so he created a potato farm that had guards to make the potato's seem valuable, but the guards were ordered to "guard" the fields but were purposely bad. This act made the potato a staple in German food.
pwLA TIL the McRib is only sold when pork prices are low.