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TIL that Simone Biles is the most decorated American gymnast, with over 30 medals at the Olympics and World Championships, multiple signature moves named after her, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts ever

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5peP TIL that The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells released in 1898 inspired Robert Goddard to invent the rocket technology that resulted in the Apollo 11 moon landing 71 years later
9LBm TIL the worlds longest living animal is the Ocean Quahog, with an average life span of 400 years
1ajKD TIL that there is a deadly stream in England that accelerates water from a 30-foot-wide river through a small gap called the Bolton Strid. Rumor has it that no one who fell in has ever gotten out alive.
QOA6 TIL in 1846 during the Mexican-american war, a group formed called “St. Patrick’s Battalion” that consisted of Irish Catholics. They faced discrimination in the US, so they switched to fight for Mexico.
nWELB TIL that Apple Macintosh family is named after the McIntosh, which is the national apple of Canada.