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TIL that the City of London Police are the reigning Olympic tug of war champions.

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QGZ9 TIL that eating animals high up the food chain ie carnivores, is bad for us due to the bioaccumulation of toxins.
kOVam TIL in the '78 cartoon series The New Fantastic 4, the Torch wasn’t on the show because NBC’s parent company Universal was developing a live-action Torch series that never took flight. Urban legend was the Torch wasn’t around because NBC was afraid kids would set themselves on fire
kJw0E TIL that Milton Hershey was booked on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, but had a change of plans for business reasons and, instead, traveled on the German liner Amerika, which had an earlier departure date.
woKYJ TIL Gross Tonnage is Measure of a Ship’s Internal Space, Not its Weight.
1KVW TIL that a former President of Equatorial Guinea celebrated the Christmas of 1975 by having 150 of his opponents executed in a soccer stadium by soldiers dressed as Santa Claus.