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TIL of Chubut Province. A province in Argentina that speaks Welsh.

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WkEL4 TIL about Basil Zaharoff, He sold the Greek government a submarine, then told the Turkish government that the Greeks had a submarine, Turkey then bought 2 submarines. He then told the same to the Russian government who later bought 2 submarines as well. None of the submarines worked.
mmby TIL the sound that Nintendo’s Yoshi makes, is the sound of a record scratch being played backwards.
xno TIL: A mysterious man placed dozens of tiles on roads all over the Northeastern US and even South America over a period of 20 years. They contain the boggling message: “TOYNBEE IDEA IN MOViE’ 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER.”
9YOG TIL that there is a shipwreck in the Thames Estuary containing at least 1,400 tonnes of TNT high explosives including 2,000 cases of cluster bombs and if it exploded could be one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever and create a small tsunami.
W7vdB TIL the photographer that did the cover of Van Morrison's classic album Moondance framed the photos to conceal a large pimple on Van Morrison's forehead.