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TIL that humans are the best long-distance runners on the planet, able to beat natural running animals( horses and dogs) in marathon distance races.

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p8n1p TIL that in 2008 Anonymous launched the project Chanology, sending endless loops of black pages to the Scientology church's fax machines to waste ink.
6EwOw TIL of the University of Sydney Pirates. In 1957, a group of 10 students dressed as pirates and boarded the U.S.S. Bennington. They then snuck to the bridge where they proclaimed, over the PA system of the ship, that "The U.S.S. Bennington has been captured by Sydney University pirates!"
E9rx TIL there is a community in southern Ohio who are thought of as black, regardless of the color of their skin. They’re actively discriminated against by the neighboring town because of this.
1J7r TIL that S.E. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders, received a D in creative writing during the school year that she penned her classic novel.
oQZo TIL a planet shaped like a donut is theoretically possible