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TIL Utah's Health Dept attempted to distribute free Utah-sex-jokes condoms with saying like "Enjoy your mountin'", "Explore Utah's Caves" and "Sl,UT" before the governor stepped in to stop the theme (but not the condom distribution).

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8jGa TIL: 3 Italians broke out of a WW2 British POW camp. With meagre rations and equipment they attempted to climb Mount Kenya. After 18 days, they broke back into the camp and were awarded 18 days solitary confinement (reduced to 7 by the commandant in honor of their ‘sporting effort’)
gMPRW TIL That Henry David Thoreau was not as isolated from civilization when composing Walden as most modern interpreters believe. In fact, he was about a 30 minute walk from the local village and would occasionally walk there to interact with people and get supplies.
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Bgbbb TIL when a cockroach is dying, its high center of gravity pulls its back towards the floor. Its rounded back and weakened muscles prevent it from righting itself, especially on smooth surfaces, which results in it flipping. This is the simple reach why cockroaches die on their backs.
ANWKn TIL The first ever "music video" was made in 1895 to test Thomas Edison's Kinetophone