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TIL That Dean Karnazes is an American long-distance runner That ran 50 marathons in each of the 50 states in 50 consecutive days.

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KDeR TIL in 1970 cannabis was placed in Schedule-1 category of controlled drugs “Temporarily” while the Nixon Administration awaited the Shafer Report, which ended up calling for the immediate end to cannabis prohibition.
4XpNJ TIL A banker who convinced local residents to buy Coca Cola Stock during the Depression resulted in a the richest town in America with more millionaires per capita. A single share bought at $19 would be worth $10 Million in 2013.
bWB4 TIL Some species of bamboo flower only once every 120 years, and they do it at exactly the same moment worldwide regardless of climate or location, then die.
6jvQ TIL that The U.S.gave up its high-energy physics project in Texas after Congress had yanked funding — after building 15 miles of underground tunnels at a $2 billion cost to the U.S. taxpayers.
9wNoB TIL that in 1951, Clint Eastwood survived an ocean plane crash off point Reyes. Surviving the initial impact, Eastwood miraculously swam back to shore after being thrown off his life raft, in rough shark infested water. He was 21 years old.