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TIL that the cheesy 80s star Charo was actually one of the world’s best flamenco guitar players

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W66L TIL in 1809, a woman diagnosed with an ovarian tumor rode horseback 60 miles to try to have the tumor removed, an operation that had never been performed, knowing that most Doctors thought the procedure would kill her. After the 22.5 pound tumor was extracted, she lived another 32 years.
mxGPM TIL arguably the most dangerous stretch of water in the world is an unassuming looking river in Yorkshire, England.
4kBk5 TIL that Robert Plant's "Big Log" has Neither Word in its Lyrics.
4GWX TIL in 2014 only 7 humans were killed by sharks while over 63,000,000 sharks were killed by humans
4Xww TIL that the United States’ only native parrot species, the Carolina Parakeet, went extinct in 1918 because they were deemed as pests by farmers and as lovely decorations for ladies’ hats.