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TIL that in 1900, during the Scofield mine explosion, a guy named John Wilson was thrown at least 820 feet into the air. He survived

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GY8bE TIL following the Falklands War the United Kingdom was diplomatically represented in Argentina by Switzerland until 1990. The Swiss took over two consulates and the British Embassy in Buenos Aires which became the British Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy.
6EXZY TIL that the forbidden fruit in the Bible was not an apple. It only became known as an apple when the bible was translated into Latin in the 4th century, because the word "Malus" means both apple and evil.
6wX7 TIL of Ponso, a roughly 40-year-old chimp, who was dumped on an abandoned island off the Ivory Coast more than 30 years ago after being used for medical testing. He relies on the kindness of a nearby villager, Germain, who’s dropped off bananas and bread for him ever since he was left to die
9wNB TIL that in 2001, a panel of wine experts gave one of the lowest possible scores to an average-priced Bordeaux that was served in a cheap bottle. When it was served in an expensive bottle, it received one of the highest possible scores.
XEQO6 TIL about "Bat-boy: The Musical", an off-broadway production based off of the infamous 1992 Weekly World News article. Keythe Farley, who co-authored the musical, is well known as the voice of Thane Krios in the Mass Effect series.