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TIL that Steven Bradbury won a gold medal in 2002 Salt Lake City Olimpycs in speed skating, because everyone in front of him crashed. 3 races in a row.

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78P5L TIL apparently all or most fish are soniferous and a group at the University of Victoria has begun compiling a recorded database of fish sounds from various species. The link goes to the toadfish's sounds.
Lkpm TIL Graham Chapman, of Monty Python fame, was a medical doctor and Cambridge graduate.
o6kL TIL dolphins will play with whales by lying on the whale’s head while the whale slowly raises it above the water’s surface
MKbB TIL Quentin Tarantino wanted Kurt Cobain to play to play Eric Stoltz’s character Lance (the drug dealer) in Pulp Fiction
8g8K TIL Texas started a $10k degree initiave and now there are 12 schools offering degrees for $10k TOTAL and other states are following suit