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TIL in 1959 a group of men transported a piece of iceberg from Norway to west Africa in a truck.

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LkgxV TIL Kangal has a bite force of 743 psi, making it the strongest dog of the world.
0Wj1 TIL that Teddy Roosevelt’s son, Ted, was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the first wave of US Soldiers attacking Utah Beach on D-Day. He volunteered for the assignment and had to walk with a cane due to WWI injuries and a heart condition. He was the oldest man in the first wave at age 56.
NXVKe TIL scientists don't know what makes the stones curl across the ice in Olympic curling and despite a number of studies, it remains an unsolved mystery for physicists
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yQXEw TIL: The phenomenon of a shower curtain bursting inwards the bathtub with a running shower has not yet been explained, despite several theories.