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TIL there are no bridges over the Amazon River

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p8y0p TIL about Mairzy Doats, a song with a reverse mondegreen - lyrics that seem gibberish that are meant to be interpreted a specific way
jm7j TIL While 71% of Americans believe in hell, only half of one per cent think that they are likely to end up there
jb9p TIL of a man who invented flexible glass. After the Emperor tested his claim he swore that only he knew the technique. Emperor Tiberius then had the inventor beheaded fearing that such a material would undermine the value of gold and silver.