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TIL New York City is actually rainier than London

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P1eyO TIL a Dutch pirate captured the Spanish treasure fleet sailing from the New World in 1628. The loss of silver alone was so great that the silver price spiked worldwide, and Spain was nearly bankrupted.
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4Xmga TIL... The dumbo octopus looks like the Disney elephant and uses it's ear-like flaps to swim.
9w767 TIL the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens were the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.
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