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TIL that all 3 medalists of the men's triple jump at the 2024 Olympics were born in Cuba and had previously represented Cuba in international competition, but none represented Cuba at the Olympics

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4rew TIL that the classing ‘Kong’ dog toy is so called because a friend of the creator thought it looked like 'An earplug for King Kong’
Zp7YQ TIL the punctuation following standard measurements, like 5’7”, aren’t quotation marks — they’re primes.
DQdlj TIL about the Battle of Christiana, in which a group of armed freedmen fought a party of federal marshals to defend escaped slaves, killing the slaves former owner who had shouted; "I will have my property, or go to hell!". Everyone involved was later acquitted and the slaves escaped to Canada.
JJV8 TIL MI6 replaced bomb making instructions with cupcake recipes on al-Qaeda websites