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

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WPK9 TIL in the 13th century, Genghis Khan proposed “friendship and peace” with the fellow nomadic Khwarezmian Empire in Persia. The Khwarezmia shah ordered a Mongol trade delegation killed, prompting Khan to invade the empire, kill 1.25 million, and destroy the Khwarezmian Empire.
Yp9bW TIL the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was built as a memorial to WW1 veterans in 1923 and will be the first stadium to host 3 different Olympics games.
OGNG6 TIL that the last words of the captain of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald were "We are holding our own."
Br0PD TIL, licked envelopes can yield sufficient DNA to provide a conviction.
KvQw TIL Netherlands being smaller in area than West Virginia, and having the fourth highest population density in the world, is still our planet’s second largest exporter of food and agriculture products, after USA.