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TIL Buzz Aldrin is the oldest person to ever reach the South Pole, visiting in Nov. 2016 at the age of 86

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pYxjO TIL at the 2005 London Marathon, Paula Radcliffe, in desperate need of a toilet break during the race, stopped by the roadside in full view of the crowd and live TV cameras to defecate. She still won with a time of 2:17:42, a world's best time for a women's only race by over a minute at the time.
w0b7 TIL that even though Froot Loops are different colors they are all the same flavor
jAZa TIL Mozilla Foundation did a study of Googles Incognito Browser. They found it was used for an average of 10 minutes from the hours of 11pm to 5am, peaking at 2 am.
rZQx TIL that right after the French finished building the Suez Canal, a British Commander snuck his ship to the head of the opening fleet at night so his would be the first one through. The Admiralty gave him an official reprimand, an unofficial vote of thanks, and a promotion.
DnrD TIL the study that began the “vaccines cause autism” hysteria was proven to be a COMPLETE fraud