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TIL that Alexander Selkirk, the castaway thought to have inspired 'Robinson Crusoe', sailed with and was later rescued by William Dampier, an explorer whose voyages partially inspired 'Gulliver's Travels'

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b9WLp TIL the first border wall in the US was in NYC in 1625, back then Dutch colony: New Amsterdam. To keep the Indians out. On the tip of Manhattan. Now it's called Wall Street.
D1WWV TIL: All of the world's four deepest caves are in located in Abkhazia. The record-holder is Veryovkina Cave, which goes down at least 1.3 miles. Due to the hazards and need for specialized rope techniques, "the round trip —top to bottom and back— takes professional speleologists about a week."
Rwm4 TIL 2 Chainz asked permission to sample Lehrer’s “The Old Dope Peddler”. Lehrer responded, “As sole copyright owner of ‘The Old Dope Peddler’, I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?”
1aG9r TIL that in 2002 Snoop Dogg officially announced that he was done with marijuana, however, by 2013 Snoop admitted to smoking around 80 blunts every day.
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