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TIL the Olympic Truce is still in effect, with all nations on Earth agreeing to observe it.

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RRK4 TIL the king of Thailand used to give “White elephant gifts” to obnoxious courtiers. The recipient would be ruined by the present because they had to care for the animal.
epaGg TIL A poodle named Cachi fell 13 floors and hit an elderly woman, killing both instantly. In the course of events, a woman came to see the incident and was fatally hit by a bus. In addition, a man who witnessed her death had a heart attack and also died on his way to the hospital
78V7 TIL that Diamonds evaporate when they reach 763 degrees Celsius. They just vanish, without leaving ash or anything.
MBwW TIL that even with the extremes of Mt Everest & the Mariana Trench the Earth has less deviation from an idealized spheroid than a billiard ball.
GYQkg TIL A Spider-Man script was wrote by James Cameron in the early 90’s, had the film gone into production, it would have stared Leonardo Dicaprio as Peter Parker, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Doctor Octopus, elements of the script were used in later movies.