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TIL, The Strid is a narrow stream in Yorkshire with a deep chasm and undercurrents so strong that not a single person who has fallen into the Strid has ever come out of it alive

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ADQk4 TIL Bernard Moitessier was about to set a record for the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe when he decided instead to continue on to Tahiti "because he was happy at sea."
WkNDA TIL The reason why we view neanderthals as hunched over and degenerate is that the first skeleton to be found was arthritic.
Jbwj TIL that the white guy (Peter Norman) on the podium during the Black Power salute (by John Carlos and Tommie Smith) in ‘1968 was basically banned for life for defending them.
ykyl TIL there is a group of dog breeders attempting to bring back the look of the dire wolf
ep7kg TIL about Rosie Ruiz. She was the "Winner" of the Boston Marathon in 1980 only to be found out that she cheated. She qualified by being a NY Marathon runner of which was found to be false as well. She was also convicted of fraud in 1982 and cocaine distribution in 1983.