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TIL Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write ‘America the Beautiful’ after reaching the summit of Pike’s Peak in Colorado

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N7XPQ TIL in the book Forrest Gump, Forrest was 6 foot 5, and cursed a lot, had a low iq and normal legs as a kid, he became a astronaut where he finds a ape named sue, they crash in the jungles and are captured by cannibals, Forrest farms shrimp in shallow pools and travel the world with Lt. Dan and sue
1aDRX TIL the 1904 Olympic marathon was the sketchiest Olympic event in history
jN8rp TIL that Caligula once tricked a man into buying 13 gladiators for the high price of 9 million Roman sesterces. He had been selling off some gladiators to replenish the Roman treasury, when he saw a man fall asleep at the auction. He told the auctioneer to consider each of the mans nods as a bid.
rNl5w TIL of siren battles, a New Zealand subculture where where music fans install dozens of speakers on their cars and compete to have the loudest, clearest sounds. Celine Dion songs are popular due to their high treble and low bass
oBWnE TIL New Jersey lost $140M in tax revenue after a hedge fund billionaire moved to Florida.