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TIL Canadian Athlete and amputee, Terry Fox, stricken with cancer, ran across Canada to raise awareness for Cancer research. He ran an astounding 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles) before having to stop due to his ailments.

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rbv0 TIL of the Peanut Hole, an area of neutral international waters, surrounded by Russia’s exclusive economic zone, but is not in Russia’s default EEZ because it is more than 200 nautical miles from any coast, essentially an area of international waters surrounded by Russian territory.
5VXLp TIL about Camp Century, a subsurface base built below Greenland by the US in the 1950s that was powered by a mobile nuclear reactor. The base had 21 tunnels almost 2 miles in length and was designed to withstand a nuclear strike
OokpY TIL that 'normalcy' was purely a mathematical term describing 'the condition of being at right angles' before US President Warren G Harding incorrectly used it in his 1920 campaign slogan 'Return to Normalcy'. Since then it has become a substitute for 'normality', mainly used in the United States.
LQdQP TIL that one person is a doctor, lawyer, dentist, and scientist. Scott Orr has DDS, PhD, JD, and MD degrees. He is a professor of anesthesiology, law, plastic surgery, and sports medicine in Las Vegas.
R7O06 TIL that Prince John, the inspiration of Robin Hood, raised taxes on the general population to 13% in 1207, which was a factor in the creation of the Magna Carta which limited the king's taxation power among other things