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TIL that multiple people have died attempting to cross a seemingly calm, innocent creek called the Bolton Strid. The stream actually hosts multiple underwater cave systems and dangerous currents below the surface that have sucked numerous people to their deaths.

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P1MML TIL that a Florida man conducted a hoax for ten years, starting in 1948, that a 4.5m-high penguin was visiting Clearwater Beach. A biologist suggested that the tracks were genuine on account of how they matched animal behaviour. The hoax was revealed in 1988.
VM8Bp TIL in 1981 the body of a man was discovered by a church in St bees, England. He was wrapped in a lead sheet so his nails and stomach contents were nearly perfectly preserved, his skin was pinkish and liquid blood was found in his chest. He was A.De Lucy, a knight who died in the crusades in 1333
8aW7X TIL The original version of Trivial Pursuit is known as the Genus Edition ???????????? Genius Edition
KOwMR TIL: The Centennial Light is the world's longest-lasting light bulb, burning since 1901. ] It is often cited as evidence for the existence of planned obsolescence in later-produced light bulbs.
XEarX TIL that during the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln's name did not appear on the ballot of 10 southern states, but he still won by a landslide.