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TIL Until 1921 the Colorado River did not flow through the State of Colorado. It took an act of Congress to “move” the river into the state by renaming the Grand River and adding it to the Colorado River.

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DQdbv TIL of the 2010 Sauna World Championship, in which two competitors needed rescuing from a 230°F sauna due to receiving burns to their skin and airways, resulting in the death of one of the competitors (also aided by his use of steroids and numbing agents to help him last longer in the sauna.
gMKxy TIL that British politician Tony Benn met his wife in Oxford in 1949. 9 days later, he proposed to her on a park bench. Later, he bought the bench from Oxford City Council and installed it in the garden of their home. They were together for 51 years.
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