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TIL Actress Geena Davis almost qualified for the USA Archery Team for the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

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X0A9X TIL that chimney swifts breed in North America, but their wintering location was unknown in 1944. It was discovered when an indigenous Peruvian was seen wearing a necklace made out of the bands scientists had tied to the birds’ legs to track them.
epORE TIL Sega was founded by an American man. A veteran of the Korean War, David Rosen remained in Japan and founded Rosen Enterprises, which would go on to merge with another Japanese company and become the gaming powerhouse.
rYg1 TIL There is a PINK lake in this planet of ours
No0E TIL After a bank tried to foreclose on a man who never took out a mortgage, the man sued, won, and foreclosed on the bank after not being paid
awOdb TIL there is an ethnic group called the Karen people or Karens. About 7 million of them live in Myanmar, and about 8500 in Minnesota.