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TIL that asthma is the most common chronic illness among Olympians.

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nWBmP TIL the north beach of Nazaré, Portugal has been hailed as the Mount Everest of big-wave surfing having been home to 7 of the tallest 10 waves ever surfed.
Kg9J TIL Jesse Jackson Jr. used campaign funds illegally to purchase, among other things, capes. Cashmere capes.
LkyGQ TIL that Nicholas Flamel (the character from the first Harry Potter book who had the sorcerer’s/philosopher’s stone) was a real person who was thought to be an alchemist who really had discovered the stone and thereby achieved immortality.
16R7V TIL Rockwall, Texas is named for a controversial, rectangular rock wall buried under the city.
jl0p TIL The first time ‘mammoth’ was used as an adjective was in reference to a 1,234 pound wheel of cheese which was presented to US President Thomas Jefferson