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TIL there’s a floating island the size of a football field in Springfield, Massachusetts that destroys fences and sheds as it occasionally moves around.

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6vv7 TIL that in 1908 the Imperial Russian Olympic Team arrived to London 12 days too late for the games because they were not using the Gregorian calendar yet.
EYWX TIL that the NFL and the PGA Tour are considered 501©6 non-profit organizations and don’t pay income tax
8eXkK TIL that Tex-Mex has surpassed Italian as the most popular food genre in the United States
aw8pJ TIL that humans have used fleas for centuries for entertainment purposes, including dressing them up, flea circuses and tiny watch manipulation.