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TIL that Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize after he helped broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War.

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j61YQ TIL the hymn 'Amazing Grace' was written by an ex-slave ship captain and slave trader. After finding Christianity later in life he turned his back on the trade and became a prominent supporter of abolitionism. He was also held as a slave himself before escaping.
m1PKM TIL that Mongolia has tye highest Testosterone level in the world followed by Ethiopia and Nigeria.
v1KJj TIL that producers feared that the young actors involved would become unrecognizable, so producers filmed the final scene for How I Met Your Mother and kept it under wraps for 8 years.
GEdg TIL 80% of the SR-71 Blackbird’s thrust at Mach 3.2 was generated from its ability to harness energy from the shock waves it created, thanks to special retractable spikes in front of its inlets. Its engines generated the other 20% of thrust.
vP5m4 TIL about Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. A cliff in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was used for 5,500 years to run buffalo off it to their death. A pile of bones 30 feet tall and hundreds of feet long can be found at the base of the cliff.