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TIL of a supposed sunken city off the coast of Cuba that was found in 2001: it's over 2000 feet below the surface of the ocean, and has what some surmise from sonar images and footage to be pyramids and roads

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N7ZOQ The longest human tunnel traveled through by a dog skateboarder is 30 people and was achieved by Otto the Skateboarding Bulldog in Lima, Peru, on November 8 2015.
d8RJQ TIL a Colombian footballer was murdered after scoring an own goal, knocking Colombia out of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The next day, a BBC commentator for another match remarked, “the Argentine defender warrants shooting for a mistake like that”.
oKLW TIL that “alibi” is latin for “elsewhere”
Z8GYR TIL Most of the world don't refrigerate their eggs. Some wash their eggs the minute they are laid to which prevents salmonella. In the places that don't wash their egg they leave the protective layer (cuticle) on allowing eggs to stay out.
mx1BY TIL that Sweden contains 267,750 separate islands, the most for any country. Less than 1,000 are permanently inhabited.