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TIL the US was one vote away from introducing hippos in its swamps

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0wv1R TIL there will be five new sports debuting in the 2020 Summer Olympics: Skateboarding, Rock climbing, Surfing, Baseball/Softball, and Karate
ADa5g TIL: During the 1920 Olympics in Belgium a man who had just come third in the diving stole the official Olympic flag as a dare. He returned it 103 years old in the year 2000
a89MN TIL that the Amazon River drains about 61 million gallons (230 million liters) of water into the ocean per second. This is greater than that of the world's next seven largest rivers combined and accounts for 20% of total river water discharge worldwide.
a8xZA TIL that Dolly Parton's 1972 song "My Tennessee Mountain Home" was named an official state song of Tennessee in 2022.
dZMB TIL that Buzz Aldrin claimed travel expenses for his journey with Apollo 11. They paid $ 33.31