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TIL about Cael Sanderson, the most dominant wrestler of all time. Sanderson finished his collegiate career with a record of 159-0 with only 9 opponents finishing within 5 points.

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oB8do TIL Sir Michael Caine is a Korean War veteran who saw front line action serving with the British Army's Royal Fusiliers until 1954. He talks about it in this audio clip and it's fairly harrowing.
0wJly TIL that The King's School, a day and boarding school in Canterbury, Kent, England is the oldest continuously operating school in the world. It was founded in 597 AD by Augustine of Canterbury a century after the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West as a medieval cathedral school.
jNk9a TIL that Mt. Dew Slurpees contain caffeine, although not as much caffeine as the pop
loL41 TIL Fieldfare birds defend their young from ravens and other predators, by "dive-bombing" the predators with their poop. The poop glues the raven's feathers together.
nQkG TIL the Queen of England’s portrait has been on enough international money to make a progressive timeline of her aging