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TIL the deepest hole in the world is 12 miles deep, 9 inches wide, and took 2 decades to drill

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Eoex TIL the winner of 1904 Olympic marathon hitched a ten mile ride in an auto. The 2nd place finisher attempted to boost his speed with brandy and rat poison. The 4th place finisher was sickened by bad apples and took a mid-race nap. The 9th place finisher was driven off the course by aggressive dogs.
1alB8 TIL during the protests in Egypt in 2011, the government shut down four out of five ISPs to suppress protests, but then reversed its decision, because it turned out more people came onto the streets in the absence of internet access.
Yp45P TIL that McDonald's major revenue does not come from selling burgers but from their real estate. McDonald Corporation is a company with $40 billion dollars’ worth of real estate assets (before taking depreciation into account) and yearly revenues of $9 billion, of which nearly $4 billion in profit.
9w6a7 TIL there is a type 3 diabetes that is severely under-diagnosed. It is linked to problems with the pancreas specifically.
b67BE TIL that PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are in our blood and recent evidence shows blood or plasma donations can reduce them.