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TIL the first Wrigley Field was in Los Angeles, not Chicago

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VMAvm TIL The deepest ocean sinkhole in the world is in the South China Sea and is named the Dragon Hole, or Longdong. It is roughly 987 feet deep. Below 328 feet, the hole is devoid of oxygen, and deadly to marine life.
NXOZe TiL about Bubbly Creek, a fork in the Chicago river still bubbling from meat packing plants dumping their waste in the early 20th century.
Br9bx TIL Finland is the only country in Europe where you can legally have sex with animals
gkN7 TIL of Roger Sherman, the only man who signed all four of the great state papers of the United States (the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution)
E1Mwo TIL that the guns of the HMS Belfast, moored on the River Thames, are permanently aimed at a London Gateway Services, a motorway service station some 11.7 miles away