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TIL there is a proposal by the Berlin state sport association for a joint Berlin-Tel Aviv summer Olympics in 2036, 100 years after the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany.

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yQE6M TIL gorillas are mostly peaceful giants, preferring acts of intimidation and diplomacy over full on violence even with rivals. There have only been a handful of human attacks, and an even smaller number of fatal attacks, mostly when they perceived humans as a threat and warnings were ignored.
Y7XVr TIL that the 727 (N467US) that was hijacked by DB Cooper in 1971 was later sold in 1984 and wound up being used for JANET flights from Las Vegas to Tonopah and Area 51 during the testing and production of the F117A Nighthawk program.
knEB TIL that medieval peasants received more vacation time than the average American. Their workdays also included time for leisurely meals and an afternoon nap.
jx8n TIL The Golden Temple of India feeds over 100,000 people a day no matter who they are, where they come from, or their race.
APVB TIL Nike made a commercial depicting a Samburu tribesman saying “Just Do it” in his native language. An American anthropologist called them out. The spoken phrase actually meant, “I don’t want these, give me big shoes.” Nike’s response: “We thought nobody in America would know what he said.”