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TIL that in 2012, after they won a shooting competition in Kuwait, the Kazakhstan team were subjected to the anthem from Borat, rather than their own national anthem at the medals ceremony.

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7rM7M til of Francis Noel Baker. the only man to win both an Olympic medal and a Nobel prize. he won a silver in the 1500m in the 1920 Olympics and the Nobel peace prize in 1959.
Lkwn9 TIL that the highest point on mainland Denmark is a hill named Møllehøj at 170.86 m (561 ft).
6JLX TIL that some of the Mayflower Pilgrims were not escaping from religious persecution in England, but rather the tolerant Dutch Republic that they feared was influencing their children.
mDlE TIL it’s 1437 in the Islamic calendar, but their year is only 354 days long — meaning the Islamic year will eventually match our year on exactly May 1, 20874 AD
69gBY TIL that in 1700, India had the largest GDP in the world including more than all of Western Europe combined.