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TIL that Wheeler, Virginia is closer to the capital of 9 other states than it is to its own state capital

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ymoe TIL of Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who took third in the 1968 Olympics and the third athlete in the iconic black power photo. He was shunned in his home country from that moment on for his often unnoticed presence in the photograph.
MeyMa TIL: When a friend wrote "KURT SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" on a wall, Kurt Cobain assumed it was an anti-establishment slogan and wrote a hit song. Months later he found out his friend had been making fun of him. Kurt's girlfriend wore Teen Spirit, deodorant marketed to teenage girls.
epgEn TIL In 1989, Pastor Jack Hyles told a church member to start living in his basement alone and pray against all the sin he saw around him, while secretly having an affair with the man's wife upstairs. When the member complained, Hyles built him a backyard bedroom, and the situation lasted 12 years.
QN9Rd TIL that Spam is seen as a luxury food in South Korea due to smuggling during Korean War from U.S. army base
XEDjr TIL there was a Russian TV Show in which the contestant had to steal a car and avoid the police for 35 minutes. If the contestant successfully avoided the police, he won the car.