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TIL that Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth in 240BC

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yQW1l TIL that "Chunk" from The Goonies is now an entertainment lawyer
R74yl TIL of the disappearance of Toni Sharpless in 2009. Three years later, a private investigator received an anonymous letter stating she had been murdered by a police officer, including information that had not been made public. Law enforcement dismissed the letter as a hoax.
50l8 TIL New Zealand Victoria Cross recepitant James Ward, won it for actions during a raid over Germany on 7 July 1941. When his aircraft was set on fire, Ward crawled out onto the wing, several thousand feet in the air, and smothered the flames out. The bomber made it back
BrovL TIL that humans can smell fear.
MeZ1m TIL there's an Upgrayedded post-credit scene in Idiocracy