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TIL of Philip Boit, the first Kenyan to participate in the Winter Olympics. Competing in the 10 KM classic cross-country race he came in last. The winner, Bjørn Dæhlie, waited for Boit to reach the finish line in order to hug him. The moment affected him so much Boit named his son after Dæhlie

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lorjG TIL that the Easter Island heads, or Moai, are actually full-length figures. The bodies have been buried by shifting soil and sediment, creating the illusion that each sculpture stops at the neck.
neygP TIL that U.S. states used to conduct their own censuses.
VM0kB TIL in 1944, 3 B-29 bombers made emergency landings in USSR. Stalin ordered his engineers to clone them. A small hole was found on the left wing of the captured B-29 which was probably drilled by mistake. So, a very small unnecessary hole, made with the thinnest drill, appeared on all Tu-4 bombers.
ADXY4 TIL about the indigenous Brazilian tribe of the Pirahã, who lost interest in converting to Christianity when they found out the missionary Daniel Everett had never seen Jesus himself.
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