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TIL that the first solo circumnavigation of the Earth wasn't completed until 1898, when Canadian-American sailor Joshua Slocum did it in a small sailboat he rebuilt by hand.

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6kKw TIL of Melvin Milligan, who in 2000, used the regular mail to send in his winning jackpot ticket and claim a $46 million prize. He did not use certified or insured mail. When asked to comment on this decision at his news conference, he stated “I have faith in the postal service.”
BrrGe TIL flush toilets, urban brick and mortar sewers, paved and graded streets and other aspects of hydraulic/civil engineering were present in the Indus Valley thousands of years before they appeared in the west.
yQaJV TIL that a single cow can produce up to 65 pounds of manure per day
VB6ap TIL a South African hunter led an expedition in Zimbabwe where they encountered a charging herd of breeding elephants he shot at the elephants, and one of the elephants lifted him with its trunk. Another hunter shot the elephant, causing it to collapse on Botha, crushing him to death.
6EbWJ TIL that after ventriloquist Shari Lewis learned of her cancer diagnosis, she filmed one last episode of her children's show. She sang "Hello Goodbye," a farewell to her audience.