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TIL it is illegal to deny the holocaust in 17 countries

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oYA8 TIL that a spanish athlete added 20 metres to the javelin throw world record in 1956 using a style that was later banned due to the danger it posed to the public.
1a9PO TIL that during the Danish Colonization of Greenland, missionary Hans Egede found that local Inuit had no concept for what bread was and so he changed the Lord’s Prayer to say “Give us this day our daily seal”.
5V0Rk TIL that John Cabot, 15th century English explorer, was really an Italian named Giovanni Caboto.
M0xV TIL in 1967 the Australian Prime Minister was walking along a beach in Victoria when he plunged into the surf and vanished without a trace.
OG88a TIL that USPS must deliver to every address in the USA, including a remote community in the Grand Canyon where the mail is delivered by mule.