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TIL The Roman Empire knew about Kenya (called Azania) and were trading partners with them.

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9YEPX TIL the HMS Perseus submarine, was hit and sunk on December 6, 1941. John Capes and 3 others opened the escape hatch, and using an early type of oxygen breather, swam 170ft to the surface. Capes was the only survivor. He then spent 18 months on a Greek island evading capture from the Italian army.
j6xLv TIL the word “Ghetto” is Italian in origin. From the Venetian Ghetto, the area of Venice in which Jews were forced to live by the government.
PjjG TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.
Y76PG TIL that in 1971, a man survived an accidental skydiving fall from 10,000 feet after his parachute failed to open, landing in snow and walking away with minor injuries.
BrwKy TIL the "ultimate parasitic ant" spends most of its adult life clinging to the back of its host, laying two eggs every minute.