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TIL Nazi Germany once considered sending their Jewish population to Madagascar, but found the island wasn't able to accommodate them

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VJD8 TIL John Cusack has trained in kickboxing for over 20 years and is a sixth-degree black belt.
Lkn7V TIL When Usain Bolt's agent was asked how his client would fare in a long-distance race, he said Bolt has never run a full mile in his life.
b9Z1Z TIL that Colorado has 697 sides and is really not a rectangle
jNYOj TIL Captain Cook's return to Hawaii coincided with the Makahiki, a Hawaiian harvest festival of worship for the god Lono. Coincidentally the form of Cook's ship resembled certain artifacts that formed part of the season of worship. He was flayed a month later after trying to kidnap the king.
WgMA TIL that Muhammad Ali was invited to North Korea in 1995 with a collection of other athletes. Though he didn’t speak much during the visit, at one function, as officials claimed they could take out the US or Japan whenever they wanted to, Ali declared loudly “no wonder we hate these motherfuckers.”