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TIL that the 1912 Stockholm Olympics was the last time winners received medals made of 100% solid gold. Ever since 1st place medals have been gold plated.

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R7x86 TIL that an asteroid named Ida is the first asteroid found to have a natural satellite orbiting it. The satellite is named Dactyle after the creatures that inhabit Mount Ida in Greek mythology.
kG5 TIL that the Looney Toons Golden Collection DVD’s have a disclaimer explaining racial stereotypes in some cartoon shorts, airing them unedited “because to do otherwise would be the same as to claim these prejudices never existed”.
AD8px TIL about explosives. Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
8ebQV TIL that the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, a small songbird from Hawaii, went extinct in 1987. The last male was recorded by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, singing a mating call and waiting for a mate that would never come. He died alone, and his voice is all that remains.
P1eKL TIL that disgraced Subway Guy Jared Fogles Child pornography stash was found by a electronics sniffing dog.