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TIL the world record for fastest 1-mile run by a 5-year-old is 6:33.

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DQPLJ TIL that the video game Super Meat Boy is based on a Newgrounds game named Meat Boy
B9yK TIL it was assumed Amelia Earhart died 80 years ago(July 2, 1937) after crashing her plane in an attempt to fly around the globe and her remains were lost to deep waters.Due to a skeleton found on an island, an aircraft recovery group now believes she may have lived months as a castaway
AGW4 TIL that the dad in Gremlins was the guy who wrote Three Dog Night’s “Joy To The World” (Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog).
abOJ TIL that the last Tasmanian tiger is believed to have died as the result of neglect—locked out of its sheltered sleeping quarters, it was exposed to a rare occurrence of extreme Tasmanian weather: extreme heat during the day and freezing temperatures at night.
4XwpJ TIL the first successful penis transplant went to a soldier who suffered a devastating injury from an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan