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TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD

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NXPrE TIL in 2011 the burial site of a "sorcerer" from the late Holocene was discovered near Adelaide in Australia
GYgnQ TIL that the 1904 Olympic marathon involved a runner who drove 11 miles to the finish line, a runner who was poisoned by his coaches, a runner who was chased by dogs for one mile, and a runner who ate a rotten apple, took a nap and still finished fourth.
oZNK TIL there is poop on the moon
166wX TIL that actor Antonio Banderas cannot pronounce the word "animals" and must have it swapped for another word whenever it appears in his lines.
wlYo TIL The brother of China’s last emperor visited Japanese emperor Akhito in 1992 and wished to have his ashes buried in urns in both China and Japan as a hope for peace between the two nations