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TIL most of present-day Boston actually sits on man-made landfill supported by underground wooden pilings

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aw68A TIL about John Sedgwick a US general who asked his men during a battle "Why are you ducking? They couldn't hit an elephant from this distance." Sedgwick was shot under the left eye by an enemy sharpshooter as he finished the sentence.
Ooxp4 TIL stunt performer Bobby Leach was the second person to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel. He was rescued three times from attempts to swim the Niagra Whirlpool Rapids. He died of a broken leg after slipping on an orange peel.
VVbB TIL in Stockholm, they have a lottery where good drivers can win the money bad drivers pay in fines
wJd8 TIL the fattest city in the United States, Huntington, West Virginia, has more pizza places than the entire state of West Virginia has gyms and health clubs.
LQdB0 TIL that botanically, bananas are considered berries, but strawberries are not (because their seeds are on the outside)