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TIL that no Winter Olympic medals have every been won by a tropical nation.

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OLVL TIL A 17 year old high school football player who was black had a relationship with a 32 year old white crackhead prostitute in rural North Carolina. He was found hanging from a swing set, in a trailer park, in shoes he did not own, that did not fit, and it was ruled a suicide.
QmAM TIL That the people who falsely claimed the copyright on “Happy Birthday to You” made $2m USD a year for decades until a court ruled the song to be public domain in 2016
XdJQ TIL that “Amor De Cosmos” (“Lover of the Universe”) was the 2nd Premier of BC and a Founding Father of Canada. He was known to get into fist fights, was an early photographer, Mormon, and was declared insane after trying to start a hot food delivery business.
16J64 TIL that when creating Finding Nemo, Pixar decided to show off the ocean they had created by pitting it against live-action footage of a real ocean. It was so realistic that nobody could tell the difference, so they made the ocean a more cartoonish blue to blend in with the animated fish.
kop4 TIL That evolution is causing Polar bears and Grizzly bears to mate, creating a Grolar Bear which have carnivorous polar bear behaviors in bodies that are adaptable for warmer climates.