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TIL South Africa Was Banned From the Olympics For 32 Years Due to Apartheid

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90yX TIL that Vanna White hasn’t actually turned any letters since 1997, hasn’t worn an outfit more than once on the show and holds the Guinness World Record for clapping.
69lMW TIL that the Treaty of Tilsit (1807) between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I was signed on a raft anchored in the middle of the Neman River — because neither leader wanted to appear submissive by stepping foot on the other’s territory.
Y7xkG TIL of St. Peter Stiftskulinarium, a restaurant in Austria that's believed to have been open since 803 making it the oldest still active restaurant in the world. Its clientele are believed to have included Christopher Columbus, Johann Georg Faust, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Zpw8v TIL about bugchasing, the act of intentionally seeking out HIV through sexual activity
a8EJM TIL that during the building of the Panama Canal, the United States led one of the largest and most challenging engineering projects ever undertaken, overcoming extreme climate and health challenges to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.