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TIL that in the mid-1990s homeless children in Miami developed a vast, elaborate, and consistent mythology that spread by oral tradition throughout the community as a coping mechanism.

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xVAo0 TIL US has actually HSR running at max speed 240kmph, though its average speed is only 135kmph
pYAEp TIL that the gentoo penguin is capable to reach speeds up to 36 km/h, making him the fastest underwater swimmers of all penguins.
kJ06W TIL after chemical analysis of the contents of a sealed unguentarium made of dolomite and quartz (found in an intact Roman tomb in 2019), for the first time evidence of a substance in a Roman perfume was found: patchouli
6j0Y TIL in 2011 a bishop watched a television interview with Boy George, and discovered that an 18th century stolen Cypriot icon was hanging in the singer’s living room. Boy George immediately agreed to return the artefact and received a gift in return.
EgOZ0 TIL that Teddy Roosevelt co-led an expedition to South America where he navigated a newly discovered river called the "River of Doubt"