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J18dm TIL about Aleksander Doba. At the age of 65, he kayaked from Senegal to Brazil across the Atlantic Ocean in a kayak without a sail, relying only on a paddle and his muscles. The voyage took 99 days and spanned 5394 kilometers.
yQyLl TIL in 1934 Josef Stalin lost re-election to General Secretary of the Communist Party 292 against, and only 3 for. 290 of the votes were deleted from the official records, leaving him the winner by 1 vote.
M7DB8 TIL William ‘Billy’ Gohl aka ‘The Ghoul of Grays Harbor’ was not the worst serial killer of 20th century America, but a union leader of abused sailors who’d often wash up dead at the harbor, which he was framed for by the elite.
xvL5 TIL Robin Williams only made $75,000 for voicing the Genie in Aladin, which went on to gross over $200 million domestically. “Disney later sent him a late Picasso painting as a way of thanking him for his work.”
4kp6a TIL the First Saint Patrick's Day Parade was held in America in a Spanish colony in what is now St. Augustine, Florida.