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TIL - That the highest score ever in a football game occurred in 1916 when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland 222-0

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788jM TIL The Greek historian herodotus, who lived in the 5th century BCE, believed people with vitiligo or other skin conditions had been punished by the sun and should be exiled from the community
8wbZ TIL that Dashrath Manjhi from India worked day and night for 22 years to cut through a mountain to create a path from his village to a local hospital.He reduced the distance from 75 km to 1 km .
P1lYV TIL 88% of households in America have air conditioning while only 20% do in Europe
M7KZK TIL the first time aircraft carriers were used was in WWI. First deployed Mid-January 1915 the HMS Ark Royal served in the Gallipoli campaign and throughout WWI. She carried 8 seaplanes that would conduct reconnaissance missions.
Egrx0 TIL about PANKs, Professional Women (with) No Kids. They are an economic force because they spend lavishly on their nieces and nephews and are influential on social media.