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TIL 12 out of 20 top long distance runners in the world came from a single kenyan tribe

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9Yaam TIL Metallica played a show in Antarctica for 120 scientists and contest winners. In doing so, they became the only band on earth to play on all seven continents.
76N7 TIL That on September 10th, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech that $2.3 Trillion of Pentagon funds had been unaccounted for, a figure that equated to $8,000 per US citizen that could not be traced to any transactions.
VMn8Z TIL that just inside the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City is a tiny shop that is the world’s only surviving tattoo shop for medieval pilgrims. This is Razzouk Ink, a shop run by a family who have been involved in the cultural practice of inking marks of faith on pilgrims as far back as 1300.
mxYAv TIL that Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch has been performed by the same, original Muppeteer since 1969.
16xkV TIL That Jack Kelly, father of Grace Kelly and self made millionaire was banned from the Henley Regatta under the pretext that he was not a gentleman. He went on to beat the Henley champion at the Olympics and sent the King of England a note saying simply "greetings from a bricklayer".