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TIL that Kansas was “scientifically proven” to be flatter than a pancake.

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QNQae TIL that the richest footballer in the world is Faiq Bolkiah, the son of the Prince of Brunei, with an estimated net worth of US$20 billion.
Oo7jR TIL Charles N'Tchoréré, a Senegalese Tirailleurs Sgt. during WW1, CMDR of the Tirailleurs in French Sudan, came out of retirement to enlist in WW2 as a Captain of a French mixed Coy. Surrounded, they resisted for 3 days at 1 on 10. Refusing to be separated from his white men, Germans executed him
loR1G TIL, former Air Force Capt. Robert Salas, who was at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana in 1967 when 10 ICMs he was overseeing suddenly became deactivated - at the same time base security informed him of a mysterious red glowing object in the sky
BrKML TIL about the "Order of The Wheel" a not so secret society devoted to Mr. Trash Wheel, a waterwheel that picks up river debris in Baltimore, Maryland. The order, funded by the EPA, promotes grass roots environmental action.
N89N TIL after David Bowie released his album Low, Nick Lowe responded by releasing an album named Bowi