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TIL of William (Guillermo) Brown, an Irish-born Navy Admiral who founded the Argentinean Navy and helped in both Argentinean and Uruguayan independance wars.

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a8jY9 TIL Mount Olympus, home of the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece, is a real mountain
XEebP TIL that, although the ancient Greeks had a myth in which Prometheus is tied to a rock and his liver is eaten every day by an eagle, we did NOT actually learn about "liver regeneration" (the liver's remarkable ability to regenerate itself) until the 19th century.
epmak TIL Due to consistent rock falls, Reunion Island (Fr) has created the most expensive road in the World. It has been valued at 1.6 billion euros for 12.5 km. That is 133 million Euros per kilometer. The ring road is built in the ocean to avoid the rocks.
eORb TIL the name of the Crown Prince of Morocco is Hassan ibn Mohammed Al-Alaoui - Hassan bin Mohammed bin Hassan bin Mohammed bin Yousef bin Hassan bin Mohammed bin Abderrahmane bin Hisham bin Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Ismail bin Moulay Ali Charif
QJ6pa TIL: Satellites from Earth require a higher velocity to reach the sun compared to leaving the solar system