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TIL people can learn to use echolocation so well that they can climb mountains and bike on streets blind

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e09Yk TIL about the Ice block expedition of 1959. Norwegian Company GlassVatt, inspired by a challenge from Radio Luxembourg, transported a 3 ton ice block from the Arctic Circle, all the Way to the Equator in Gabon. Despite travelling across the Sahara, most of the Ice made it.
Eeww TIL in 2001 Robin Williams befriended Koko the Gorilla. When told of his death, she signed the word for “Cry” and continued to be somber the rest of the day.
0djp TIL the world’s oldest backpacker has been travelling around the world for the last 30 years
6EmWW TIL that there is a bike highway network crossing through all of Europe
6brZ TIL that Adele, with just two albums, has sold more than Taylor Swift and Drake’s combined cumulative career’s.