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TIL in England, there is a ‘Chap Olympiad’ where contestants compete in events like Umbrella Jousting and Shouting at Foreigners.

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D1AaJ TIL the famous line from the film Captain Phillips "Look at me. I’m the captain now.” was improvised by actor Barkhad Abdi who had no prior acting experience.
woLy8 TIL Cleveland was once the country’s fifth-largest city
1aNrW TIL that in 2017 an Ecuadorian adventurer ran a half marathon 2.5 miles underground. At that depth the air is over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and 80% humidity, air pressure 1.4 times normal. He passed out after 15 minutes during his first training session in similar conditions on the surface.
RrX9 TIL The mouth of the Chesapeake Bay is the site of a 35-million year old impact crater and that shaped the bay
yVJEV TIL Lockheeds “Rosetta Stone” breakthrough on stealth came from a math equation - courtesy of the Soviet academic Pyotr Ufimtsev who published his equation. The Soviets were not even working on stealth tech at the time.