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TIL that proposals for a link between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland were proposed satirically as early as 1799, and seriously from 1886 onwards, but no viable plan for either a bridge or tunnel has ever been put forwards

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XEy9R TIL saltwater crocodiles sometimes venture into open ocean, can travel hundreds of kilometers in a matter of days using ocean currents, and can spend so long in the ocean that barnacles begin to grow on their scales.
mxMyx TIL of “Cow Tools,” a cartoon described as the most loathed Far Side strip ever, that confused so many readers the newspaper’s phones didn’t stop ringing for two days. The author, Gary Larson, issued a press release explaining the joke after receiving hundreds of letters.
j6Rgv TIL Kim Jong Il's birth name was Yuri Irsenovich Kim
Z8JmQ TIL about the loneliest man in the world - an uncontacted tribesman in Brazil who is the only remaining member of his tribe - dubbed the "Tanaru Isolated Indian". Remaining members of the tribe were massacred or wiped out by disease.
v1abK TIL sunglasses made of smoky quartz were used in 12th century China not to protect from the sun’s rays, but to be used in courts to hide judges facial expressions