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TIL of Cliff Young, an Australian potato farmer who at age 61 entered the 1983 Sydney-Melbourne ultramarathon wearing work boots and overalls. He ran non-stop for five days and 15 hours, won by ten hours and donated all of his $10,000 winnings to the five other people who managed to finish the race

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xVdWk TIL Canada's longest serving Prime Minister, William Mackenzie King, kept a diary from the time he was an undergrad till his death 57 years later. The diary totaled to over 50,000 pages and when stacked together was over 7 meters in length.
l70y1 TIL about Pheasant Island, the smallest condominium in the world which voluntarily changes hands between France and Spain every 6 months
M7e9b TIL the Kimuraya bakery is responsible for the invention of the red bean paste bun called "anpan" and it is considered to be the oldest Western style bakery in Japan. It was opened by Yasube Kimura who used to be a samurai and his son.
grZPL TIL it is unlikely that Jack the Ripper targeted prostitutes. There is no evidence to suggest most of his victims were sex workers. Some evidence indicates they were asleep when they were approached (no sounds or signs of a struggle, all found in a reclined position).
J1O6k TIL Nikola Tesla never married, but claimed to have fallen in love with a white pigeon. After its death, he told friends that he felt his life's work was over. “I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life.”