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TIL that the subcontinent of India once moved over the surface of the Earth twice as fast as any other landmass

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NXka6 TIL Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund resulted in the Prime Minister and a UPenn educated businessman stealing all the funds ($12bn USD)
nWLNd TIL that Alexander the Great once put on a staged naval battle using his favorite food as their weapons, apples.
gmV4 TIL that over 90 people volunteered to die in Operation Crossroads, the Navy’s first atomic test in the Bikini Atoll, including geriatrics, the suicidal, and one death-row inmate. All were, of course, refused.
awEnM TIL Pine bark bread is high nutrient, low calorie famine food.
yQjYw TIL about Special Forces intel officer COL James N. Rowe who was a POW in the Vietnam War. Rowe spent 62 months in captivity, battled numerous diseases, solved engineering problems to disguise he was an intel officer, and escaped via helicopter by over-powering the guards.