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TIL that pre-Incan people are still living on man-made floating islands of grass, as they have for hundreds of years, on lake Titicaca

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epQdJ TIL Ricardo Abad Martínez holds the world record for most consecutive marathons run on consecutive days with 607. He also ran all of these marathons even though he still worked his factory job 8 hours a day.
ANP6d TIL that platypuses milk oozes from the surface of their skin; it also contains powerful antibacterial proteins
8a5Za TIL that shark skin is not soft, but feel more like sandpaper.
wyjo TIL until late 1942, it was common for German U-boats to provide torpedoed survivors with food, water, and the direction of the nearest landmass. This ended when a U-boat towing lifeboats and flying the Red Cross flag was attacked by a US bomber.
j8mN TIL that there are many untouched plane wrecks in the UK dating from WWII, and that removing anything from the wreckage site is an offence under law