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TIL that former Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder owned Six Flags, and he ended up sending it into bankruptcy

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bbDQ TIL Czechoslovak runner Emil Zátopek decided to compete in the marathon in the 1952 Olympics, despite never having run that distance in his life. Zátopek asked fellow runner Jim Peters, who he was racing alongside, if the pace was fast enough. When Peters said “no”, Zátopek sped up and won the race
lo9gr TIL Angus McDonagh designed and printed his own fake postage stamps, with images of himself wearing an eye patch, a beret and a Father Christmas beard. He successfully used them to post over 100 letters.
BgpWd TIL about the Storegga Slide. In about 6200BCE, structural failures in the Norwegian continental shelf triggered submarine landslides with 3500km³ of debris, causing extreme tsunamis in the North Sea. A similar event today would be catastrophic for many coastal cities of Britain and mainland Europe.
0wgjL TIL Conan O'Brien was expected to become the showrunner for The Simpsons before he was selected as the new Late Night host in 1993
KX1G TIL that the longest Wikipedia article is the list of advanced 2nd edition Dungeons and Dragons monsters.