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TIL that river turtles are the champions of ‘BUTT BREATHING’

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4kWr6 TIL that Bangkok’s real name is the longest place name in the world. The name is 168 characters long and composed of Pali and Sanskrit.
b9kmZ TIL that a con man tricked Al Capone out of $5,000. He got Capone to give him $50,000 to invest in a scam. After 2 months, he returned it. He told Capone that the scam had fallen through, and he had no money left to support himself. Capone, stung by his honesty, gave him $5,000 to “tide him over”.
jLna TIL that during the Vietnam war a Chinook pilot saved his family by flying them to the American destroyer “Kirk”, dropping his children out of the helicopter onto the ship’s deck then rolling the Chinook onto its side and jumping into the sea.
OoprY TIL the Pony Express only operated for 18 months and carried mail from Missouri to California in 10 days. Each of the 186 stations were 10 miles apart where the rider would switch to a fresh horse
8e4K4 TIL the title of Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen came from a Southern-accented phrase she misheard during a conversation with Tom Petty's wife - and she loved it so much she promised to write a song about it.