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TIL that the Krubera Cave in Georgia is the deepest cave on earth, descending over 2 kilometres into the depths of the Earth’s crust.

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WkyA TIL that “&” was originally the 27th letter of the English alphabet.
yQpX TIL that two men drove from New York to Los Angeles in only 31 hours, breaking hundreds of traffic laws along the way
6EOAQ TIL the deepest hole humans have dug is known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole in the far northwest of Russia. It is 40,230ft deep (12.2km). The locals say that can hear the screams of souls tortured in hell. It took the Soviets 20 years before the end of The Cold War scrapped the project.
LkPV TIL it is illegal to run out of gas on the Autobahn
nZMr TIL Australia’s first police force was comprised of the best-behaved convicts