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TIL there is an annual World Snail Racing Championship since the 1960s and this year's winner is named Bilbo Sluggins

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xVYMD TIL that there is a satirical Danish short show series called Nazitübbies that tries to imagine what the show Teletubbies would have been like had Nazis won the WWII
M7rya TIL Roger Federer made the 2021-23 Forbes list of highest paid athletes almost solely through sponsorship deals. In that timeframe, he earned only 830k dollars in tennis prize money, but 275 million dollars through sponsorship endorsements.
JYVK4 TIL of the Parsley massacre when Domincan forces killed as many as 35,000 Haitians. Few bullets were used – instead, Haitians were bludgeoned and bayonetted, then herded into the sea, where sharks finished what the soliders had began.
ZpRWB TIL that James Dean was most likely bisexual and had relations with several men and women throughout his career. When questioned on his orientation, he said "No, I am not a homosexual. But I'm also not going to go through life with one hand tied behind my back."
JdDk TIL The number of dangerously radioactive sheep in Norway has hit the lowest level recorded since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster