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TIL that the Vjosa river is the last untamed river in Europe

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6EJpZ TIL Hall of Fame pitcher Lee Smith didn’t play baseball until he was a junior in high school, only tried out to win a $10 bet, and only started pitching after his team’s star pitcher was killed in a hunting accident. His first start was a no hitter
PN7Z TIL that a Starbucks white hot chocolate has 78 grams of sugar (2 cans of soda), and over 500 calories, more than a McDonald’s BigMac
neb9W TIL that famous English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti buried most of his poems with his late wife in Highgate Cemetery of London, then later had her exhumed so he could retrieve them.
X0gZj TIL that Jean Baptiste Lully, a famous composer, died from gangrene after striking his own foot with a conducting staff
0wXL1 TIL that many ancient statues weren't meant to be white. Over time, the paint on the statues wore off, and were completely colorless upon their discovery. This lead many sculptors to believe that the refined Greeks and Romans left their marble bare intentionally, creating a lasting trend.