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TIL: Ed Sheeran wrote and recorded most of “I See Fire” for The Hobbit the same day he screened the film, learning violin in the process

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KO7o6 TIL in 1900, a young Chicago arts student took part in a golf tournament while visiting Paris, recording the best score. This “tournament” turned out to be the Olympics, and she died never knowing she was an Olympic champion, America’s first female Olympic champion no less.
evg4 TIL in 1861 a slave took over a confederate ship and delivered it to the Union. He was then given the ship to command during the Civil War.
EM1o TIL due to a mutation in the MC1R gene, redheads require a larger doses of anesthesia compared to the rest of the population.
0wa6j TIL we could assign an IPv6 address to every atom on the surface of the Earth
neMmY TIL that there are more people who speak the English as a second language than native English-speakers around the world