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TIL about Dokos, the oldest known shipwreck ever discovered. Dated to ~2700-2200 BCE, it was found in the Aegean Sea, near the island of Dokos, Greece. It predates other famous ancient wrecks by thousands of years, providing crucial isights into early maritime trade and navigation.

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R76xw TIL that the CDC is based in Atlanta because it was started to fight malaria in the South. It did this by spraying homes (inside and outside) with DDT and draining wetlands. Starting in 1946, malaria was eradicated in the US by 1951.
4k9JJ TIL that Postal codes in Slovakia and Czechia are inherited from Czechoslovakia and do not overlap. Czech part had areas starting from 1 to 7 and Slovak part had 8,9 and 0. Old system was good enough and there was no reason for authorities to change it after the countries separated in 1993.
YpVBZ TIL of the Gold Coast Meter Maids. Bikini-clad women on Australia's Gold Coast who would top off parking meters of parked cars in order to avoid a parking fine.
J1dgj TIL there is a village in India. Where people believe that they are descendants of soldiers of Alexander's army. And they are last pure aryan blood tribe. Many women from Germany and europe travel there to get pregnant and have a baby with aryan genes.
rRgbd TIL Nik Wallenda was the first person in over a century to cross the Niagara falls on a tightrope, which required two years of work to get a special dispensation, costed over a million dolars, and had to carry with him his passport to present it when he arrived at the Canadian side.