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TIL There is a naturally pink lake in Australia
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TIL Hitler's plan after occupying Moscow was to kill all its Residents and replace it with an artificial lake.
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TIL Plato real name was probably Aristocles. Plato was a nickname given to him by his wrestling coach with Plato meaning "broad"
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TIL that the first sensory deprivation tank was created in 1954. Since then people have experienced hallucinations, out of body experiences and even parallel universes while in these chambers.
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TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte was castrated after death, and his member was purchased by an artifact collector in 1977.
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TIL how the marathon got its name. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled (meaning it's a myth) run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory and died from exhaustion later on.