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TIL that a public beach at California's Pt. Reyes Natl. Seashore was closed after the 2018 US govt shutdown. However, it was not reopened after the shutdown ended; over the month with no human activity, a breeding colony of elephant seals had invaded the beach, picnic area, and even its parking lot.

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ANQea TIL that Madison Square Garden once held a six-day long roller skating race in 1885 that ended up killing two of the contestants. The highest-placing racers used ammonia soaked rags to keep themselves from passing out and ended up skating for over 1000 miles each by the end of the competition.
Yj9r TIL Bette Nesmith was a typist in the 1950s. She invented liquid paper because she was fed up with having to scrap a whole page due to a typo. Later she sold her company for over 40 millions.
QeZX TIL That killing an opposing boxer in the original Olympic Games resulted in the dead boxer being declared the winner
D1NJr TIL that to get back at her cheating husband, artist Frida Kahlo slept with a women that he cheated on her with.
ZrLR TIL that Tokyo Gas Mascot is a blue bear that farts fire