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TIL that on 1896, two dudes named Harbo and Samuelson, became the first people ever to row across the North Atlantic Ocean. Their record held for over a HUNDRED years, until a FOUR person team beat it in 2010.

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QJ7xL TIL that not only were some WW2 PoW’s brought back to the US, any that were unclaimed after they died were buried at the base where they died. As a result, there are two Nazi soldiers buried at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, and their headstones have swastikas on them.
KO1Ya TIL that in 1980 a tabletop RPG based on the TV show "Dallas" was created. It was not successful.
WyXN TIL there is a bright pink millipede that is able to ‘shoot’ cyanide.
oBYoo TIL Anne Hathaway won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Les Misérables with only 15 minutes of screentime across the entire film
DQ5YY TIL Germans refer to cell phones as 'handys'