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TIL about Cliff Young, a 61 year-old farmer who won the inaugural Sydney-to-Melbourne ultramarathon against a field of world-class athletes, in overalls and boots

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woye7 TIL that Canada bas a strategic reserve of maple syrup stored in a 270,000 sq ft warehouse, containing over 55 million pounds of syrup, to help stabilize global syrup prices
epda5 TIL a Challenger space shuttle engineer, Allan McDonald, raised safety concerns against the wishes of his employer & NASA. He was ignored; a fatal accident resulted. When McDonald spoke out, he was demoted by his company. Congress stepped in to help him. He later taught ethical decision making.
wo67Y TIL all 3 children of french striker Antoine Griezmann were born on the same date but different years
b6Ygp TIL actor Christopher Lee released a heavy metal Christmas album
QQd9 TIL up to 100,000 people in Hong Kong live in “Cage Homes” - a 6ft x 2ft metal cage covering a bed