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TIL after finishing the 2012 Olympics as the most successful swimmer of the meet for the third Olympics in a row, Michael Phelps contemplated suicide

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vKGK TIL that ketchup’s popularity and universality is due in part to the fact that it embodies all five distinct tastes: salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami
yVG7l TIL that a group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance.
gY1A TIL That in 1860 an Anglo-French expedition force burned and sacked the Old Summer Palace in China, it covered an area of 3.5 square kilometres (860 acres), almost five times the size of the Forbidden City grounds and eight times the size of the Vatican City.
690WQ TIL that the red panda is the original and only panda as it was described in 1825. Almost 50 years later, upon discovering a similar bamboo eating black and white creature, it was named as the "giant" panda. As the giant panda become popular, the red panda has came to be known as the "lesser" panda.
9Yv6B TIL Napoleon III of France tried to invade Mexico, and lost on May 5, 1862, the origin of the holiday Cinco de Mayo