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TIL in 2008 a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this very day.

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Z45a TIL in 1965, seeds that were dated to 2,000 years old were discovered in an ancient jar in Israel. The seeds were kept in storage for 40 years and after they were planted, a tree that had been extinct for over 1800 years sprouted.
ypnJ TIL - There is a girl that can say any word backwards or forwards. Her brain was trained as a child to visualize words differently than most.
Lmep TIL at the Sanjusangendo Temple in Japan there is an annual competition to fire as many arrows through the temple as possible in 24 hours. The arrows can’t hit the floor, walls or the ceiling. The current record is 8133 successful shots out of 13,053 shots, set in 1686.
9wMkr TIL Universal Music once owned Uber.com and sold the domain to Uber (originally UberCab.com). They cashed out in the company’s A Round for $863,000, and the Wall Street Journal calculated that would be worth $532 million at the IPO of Uber
WkaEB TIL white torture is a type of psychological torture which involves putting the prisoner in a completely white, soundproof room, often leading the prisoner to madness.