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TIL the longest serving member of the International Olympic Committee is Dick Pound, a former Olympic swimmer for Canada

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Y7G4W TIL that the Korean Alphabet was made because the King at the time didn't like how only the rich could learn to read. So he decided to take matters into his own hands and create a new writing system from scratch that can be "learned before lunchtime." You can actually learn to read it in 20 minutes.
GXKE TIL oranges grown in tropical countries remain green even when ripe. To attain the orange color, they are either exposed to ethylene gas or dyed.
QJ8Ea TIL that at just over 35 miles in length, the recently completed Gotthard Tunnel in Switzerland is now the world's longest. Requiring 17 years to build, it contains 84 times the concrete in the Empire State Building and is approx 4 miles longer than the Eurotunnel (connecting the UK to France).
e1Y5 TIL: Over the course of two weeks, a single human male produces enough sperm to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet.
y1O8 TIL of the Havasupai people, a Native American tribe who have lived in the Grand Canyon for over 800 years.