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TIL the Olympic flame was transported by a radio signal from Athen to Canada in 1976.

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vP1kD TIL the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds developed a 'splatometer' for insect analysis. Which is a post card-sized piece of plastic attached to a car that catches bugs as one drives.
oBBMW TIL about the Sotadic Zone, a supposed geographic zone proposed by explorer and orientalist Richard F. Burton in which homosexuality is prevalent and celebrated among the indigenous inhabitants
1KM4 TIL the world’s longest burning fire is 6000 years old
0wbny TIL Operation BLACKCOCK was a codename selected for an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle during World War II.
6EOlm TIL upon her death in 2010, heiress Gail Posner bequeathed her seven-bedroom, $8.3 million Miami mansion and a $3 million trust fund to her three pets, including a Chihuahua named Conchita, for whom she bought a $15,000 diamond-studded Cartier necklace in 2007.