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TIL 1910 was the Argentinian Centennial. Countries from around the world sent gifts to Argentina. Most of these gifts were Argentinian-centric. The gift from the United States was American-centric and had nothing to do with Argentina. It was a statute of George Washington.

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R7dlj TIL that Scottish mountaineer Hamish MacInnes. Invented the all metal ice axe, short ice axe with hammer and incline picks, the MacInnes stretcher and writing the international mountain rescue hand book. He was also climbing double and safety advisor on the Eiger sanction and the mission.
X01oQ TIL That in 2009, Ryan Gosling released a Halloween album
WLRA TIL Scorpionfly males bribe females with food. Smaller males will dress as females, take the bigger males’ food, and regift it to real females.
4X4Qw TIL that the Icelandic language has a term, "gludda vedur" (glue-ca ver-tish), which describes weather that's nice to look at, but not nice to be out in. It loosely translates to 'window weather'.
XrQQ TIL: The Lead Masks Case refers to the discovery of the bodies of two electronic technicians in Brazil in 1966. The bodies were found in a field wearing impermeable coats and lead masks. Even stranger was the discovery of a small notebook beside the bodies with signs and numbers