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TIL Olympic Gold Medals are 92.5% silver

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KGM4 TIL 24 writers of the Simpsons went to Harvard
4LvJ TIL that two small lakes exist in Upstate New York that are essentially devoid of oxygen.
NxXM TIL of Oskar Dirlewanger, commander of the “Dirlewanger” unit, the most infamous SS unit in the German military during WWII. A child molester, violent alcoholic, and sadist, the war crimes committed under Dirlewanger’s command remain unparalleled in their monstrosity.
WGGd TIL - That during the peak of Ebola news in 2014 people started to avoid Liberia airport in Costa Rica thinking that it was the country in Africa.
X06bQ TIL: contrary to common belief, bees are not the only species to make honey. One wasp species does also