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TIL that Our lady of Suyapa(La Morenita)was named the captain general of the Honduran armed forces following the “Football War” between Honduras and El Salvador.

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yQJep TIL of Salvador Alvarenga, who was lost at sea for a world record 438 days after he and a friend were hit by a storm whilst fishing in 2012. He encountered a cargo ship during the ordeal that didn't save him, and was sued upon his return home by his friend's family for eating him to stay alive
OorXe TIL: Over the past 50 years, there has been a decline of 3 billion birds across North America
RkM6 TIL that blue lighting in public restrooms prevents heroin users from finding veins and shooting up
ZpMQ4 TIL Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) was the first traditionally animated film and is one of the top-10 performers at the box office in North America and the highest-grossing animated film. Disney was awarded an honorary Oscar consisting of one normal-sized, plus seven mini statuettes.
l7OoB TIL That in 1900, the population of Las Vegas was 22.