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TIL the river Congo is at one point 8 MILES wide

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e0506 TIL the American flag was designed by a High School Student. Happy Independence Day!
p8Ma4 TIL bacon ice cream started as a joke in a 1973 Two Ronnie's sketch and was later made for real in 1982 as an April Fools joke. By 2005 however, chef Heston Blumenthal would be serving bacon ice cream at his 3 Michelin star restaurant, the Fat Duck - the #1 restaurant in the world at the time.
R7ya6 TIL The Fast and the Furious (2001) is not the first film about criminals and racing with the name "The Fast and the Furious".
1aOXd TIL: Flips flops are terrible for your feet, decreasing "springiness of the feet" , and can lead to Achilles issues, plantar fasciitis, and heel spurs
neJWb TIL jumps are classified by what kind of foot transfer happens. You hop on one foot, you leap from one foot to the other. Jumping is two feet to two feet. Assemble is jumping from two feet but landing on one, and Sissonne is jumping from one foot and landing on two.