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TIL Juliana Buhring, with just eight months of cycling experience, became the fastest woman to cycle around the world, covering over 18,000 miles in 152 days

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b6Mn4 TIL Until the middle of the 20th century, cats tasked with rodent control aboard ships were issued passports, uniquely signed with the imprint of their own paws.
B6GL TIL that in 526 AD there was a worldwide dust cloud that blocked out the sun for a FULL YEAR, resulting in widespread famine and disease. More than 80% of Scandinavia and parts of China starved to death, 30% of Europe died in epidemics.
0w1v5 TIL the first repository in the world designed to contain nuclear waste on an indefinite basis is being built in Onkalo, Finland, with a final depth of 520 meters and a cost of over 800 million euros.
daLQ TIL that antifreeze is made artificially bitter because the original sweet taste makes it perfect for murdering/poisoning people
Bgybd TIL Brazilian athlete Adhemar Ferreira da Silva was a polyglot having learnt English, Finnish, French, Japanese, Italian, German and Spanish. He created the victory lap after winning gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. He also acted in 1959 film "Black Orpheus" which won a prize at Cannes Film Festival