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TIL Death Valley (California) is above one of the largest aquifers in the world

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EYj0 TIL that in 1989 the Pittsburgh Pirate’s radio announcer said, after the Pirates took a 10-run lead, “If they lose this game, I’ll walk home” from Philadelphia. They did lose, and after the season he did walk from Philly to Pgh for charity.
leyA TIL the Catholic Church has an official position on Jesus’ blood type. It’s AB.
66OW TIL that a Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed “He practiced deceit and then had it practiced on him.”
XnOR TIL that Big Boi from OutKast, as a child, would throw candy parties where he’d charge kids to come to his house and eat candy all day. He would DJ it.
paRb TIL that a total solar eclipse will pass over the entire continental United States from coast to coast in 2017