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TIL that Mexico City is sinking at a rate of up to 50cm a year

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AD4Eo TIL that American figure skater Peggy Fleming won gold at the 1968 Olympics in France, and it was the only gold won by the United States that year. It was also the first gold medal won by an American figure skater since the 1961 plane crash that killed all 18 members of the US figure skating team.
LBjP TIL the Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail features “Subtitles for People Who Don’t Like the Film”, consisting of lines taken from William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2, and a feature for the hard of hearing, where the menu is read aloud by Jones in a very loud voice.
KaMG TIL on April 5, 1943 the Destroyer USS O'Bannon encountered a Japanese submarine. Too close to fire their guns, the crew threw potatoes at the Japanses sailors, who thought they were grenades, distracting them long enough to get distance from the sub, fire their guns, and eventually sink it.
yKDa TIL that a Russian couple were reunited after being separated for 60 years. They were married for 3 days when the husband left to join the Red Army. They were unable to find each other until 60 years later when they randomly visited their hometown on the same day.
boR7 TIL Calvin Coolidge was so unknown as Vice President that when Major League Baseball sent him complimentary tickets they misspelled his name.