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TIL: Fort Ross is a former Russian establishment and the southernmost Russian settlement in North America.

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GY0WQ TIL if all the above-ground gold in the world were melted together and formed into a cube, it would measure approximately 21.7 meters (71 feet) on a side
m1ppv TIL the weather patterns on Neptune are driven by the strongest sustained winds of any planet in the Solar System, as high as 2,100 km/h (1,300 mph).
rRNnd TIL about Pascal Poolaw, Sr., a Kiowa Indian soldier who won a silver star in WWII, two silver stars in Korea, and one in Vietnam. He also won five bronze stars and three purple hearts.
VBpkQ TIL multiple times in the 1980s a man named John Suter competed in the Iditarod dogsledding race with a team of poodles.
9Y86X TIL: That cruise ships cause significant environmental harm by burning bunker fuel, the "nastiest and deadliest" fuel in the world.