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TIL Davy Crockett voted against the Indian Removal Act

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dD0g8 TIL about the Pan American highway system that connects Alaska to Argentina. There is a break called the Darien Gap which requires a 4 day hike to cross the rainiest place on earth… about 100km. It is the longest road in the world.
P14MJ TIL that the first Sony Walkman had two headphone jacks so you could share it with someone else as they thought it would be considered rude to listen by yourself. This feature was removed as no one used it
nWoxB TIL: No on born blind has ever been diagnosed with Schizophrenia
gMDmb TIL that pigs have rings in the side of their nostrils to keep them from rooting
D51V TIL in the Sydney Paralympic games of 2000, Spain’s basketball team were ordered to return their gold medals after nearly all of their players were found to have no disability.