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TIL a pulp and paper mill in Ontario was a NAZI pow camp in WWII, and a captured navigator drew a map of the world by hand that is still there behind glass.

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JYbn4 TIL of the Battle of Empel, deemed a miracle in its time: stranded Spanish troops were surrounded by a Dutch fleet. After finding a painting representing Virgin Mary while digging trenches by a church, the river rapidly froze that night, allowing the Spanish to attack the Dutch and burn their ships.
0Vbv TIL of the Pronghorn, the fastest creature in the western hemisphere. It can run 57mph for 9 miles. Existing pronghorn’s running speed and endurance far outpace any living predator, likely because its original predator is now extinct. It has 300° vision and can detect movement 4 miles away.
pM7e TIL In 2014 the Colorado river reached the sea for the first time in 16 years.
EYWX TIL that the NFL and the PGA Tour are considered 501©6 non-profit organizations and don’t pay income tax
D1nOD TIL a Spanish archives director who only showed up to work to sign-in & sign-out for 10 years. During the time that he was "working," he ran a male brothel and was an erotic comic book artist who created a busty superheroine named Fallarela "who hurls flaming Valencia oranges at her enemies"