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TIL That the first British person kill in WWI was a reconnaissance cyclist and there is a monument to cyclists killed.

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D1yGY TIL That the Arctic Tern fly over 18,000 miles every year in their quest for eternal sunlight. Thanks to their light weight they can glide for extended periods of time on the ocean even sleeping and eating while gliding.
PYkgL TIL that in Auckland, New Zealand, 62% of rivers and lakes graded as poor by the Ministry for the Environment for swimming, and 0% of rivers and lakes graded as good.
LrRZ TIL: A morbidly obese woman refused to get free weight-loss surgery offered by the NHS because she didn’t want to lose the £75,000 in disability benefits she was receiving.
rajd TIL Dr. John Osborne, the first democratic governor of Wyoming, wore shoes he made of human skin to his inauguration. He removed the skin from the body of an executed train robber. He also made a doctor’s bag and coin purse. He gave the top of the skull to his 15 year old assistant as a souvenir.
5vnB TIL A researcher in Antarctica got a date via Tinder with a woman who was researching at a field camp 45 minutes away.