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TIL On 9/11, when all transport out of the city was shut down, citizen boat owners managed to transport over 500k people from Manhattan Island in an amazing act known as the “9/11 Boatlift”

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ZpDro TIL High intensity aerobic exercise could cut the risk of metastatic cancer by 72%, according to a study of runners.
K1NG TIL of “Green Boots” - an unidentified corpse that every climber who attempts the Northwest ridge route of Mount Everest passes.
rwQM TIL that Mormons believe that in 1978, God changed his mind about black people.
lxmN TIL that Winston Churchill drew up plans for a surprise attack against the then-allied Soviet Union. Dubbed “Operation Unthinkable,” the plan would have rearmed up to 100,000 former Nazi soldiers and kicked off World War 3 almost before World War 2 had ended.
8eX04 TIL in Bram Stoker’s original book, Dracula is much less powerful in daylight and is only able to shift his form at dawn, noon, and dusk. The sun is not fatal to him, as sunlight does not burn and destroy him upon contact, though most of his abilities cease.