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TIL of Katinka Hosszu, a Hungarian swimmer who failed to medal at her first two Olympics, got fourth in her third Olympics, and finally at her fourth Olympics won three gold medals

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QNKWk TIL that almost a year ago, Maine's Govenor, Janet Mills, made Prostitution "Half Legal" in the State of Maine.
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e0ZoE TIL that banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
874K TIL that venom needs to be injected, as opposed to poison, which need to be ingested.
neoad TIL bicycle stability is actually a quite difficult mathematical problem and was fully explained no sooner than 2007