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TIL It is now possible to navigate a houseboat from Paris to Moscow

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wky1 TIL: Cannibalism has been recorded in over 1500 species
OopNL TIL the last dogfight between piston-engined fighters occurred in 1969 between F4U Corsairs and P-51 Mustangs during the ... Football/Soccer War between Honduras and El Salvador. One Corsair scored a hat trick.
aw0aJ TIL that the Joy of Cooking was self-published in 1931. Irma Rombauer spent $3000 to print 3000 copies. Today you would have to be lucky to get just one of those copies for $3000.
Z6VQ TIL The Beatles helped end racially segregated concerts by refusing to play at segregated events.
8a4L TIL the solution that finally solved the BP Oil Spill was originally suggested by James Cameron