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TIL there is Play-doh Cologne.

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0dbnR TIL McKissick Island, was once in the middle of the Missouri River and part of Nebraska, but became attached to Missouri after an 1880’s flood shifted the river’s course. Missouri made a suit to claim it, but the Supreme Court ruled it still belonged to Nebraska.
6Eo1l TIL about Matthew (Mack) Robinson who broke the world record in the 200m at the Olympic games 1936 in Berlin just to lose against Jesse Owens who ran 0.4 seconds faster. Besides that Macks little brother made a career for himself. His name - Jackie Robinson.
W7g1L TIL about Martha Mansfield, a silent film star who died at 24 in 1923 on the set of 'The Warrens of Virginia.' Her Civil War-era costume caught fire after someone threw a used match into the car she was sitting in. The match-thrower has never been identified.
AN5lg TIL the Swedish athlete Oscar Swahn competed in the Olympics at the age of 72.
D1Geg TIL Because of its massive size, a T-Rex could only run at 12 miles per hour. If it ran any faster, its bones would've shattered.