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TIL that the largest natural bridge on Earth was virtually unknown to the rest of the world, until it was observed on Google Earth.

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M7kK7 TIL about the Lost Children of the Alleghenies, two young children who disappeared from their home in Pavia, PA in 1856. They died from exposure after being missing for several days and were found in the forest by a local farmer who dreamt,for two nights, of clues that led to the children's bodies.
e0DQ6 TIL that Fukushima was ranked the same as Chernobyl in terms of damage/radiation released on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) category 7.
o5L8 TIL that in 1998, astronaut John Glenn returned to space at the age of 77, after a gap of 36 years - making him the oldest human being ever in space.
W7VY9 TIL that some Renaissance painters were fascinated by Jesus's penis
8wb TIL that Häagen-Dazs doesn’t mean anything; the name originated when the founder sat at his kitchen table for hours streaming together nonsensical Scandinavian sounding words.