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TIL of Corrie Sanders who would defeat Wladimir Klitschko as a 40 to 1 underdog. Sanders would later die in an armed robbery, using his body to shield his daughter from bullets.

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TIL that theres an extreme sport in India called the wall/well of death. In this sport, they will drive their cars and bikes along the sides/walls of a large concrete cylindrical structure. In a circle while also taking tips from the crows at the top of the cylinder.

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TIL Despite being located above the Arctic Circle, the Norwegian municipality of Tromso only has a record low temperature of -18.4°C (−1.1°F) Identical to the record low temperature in the subtropical US state of Florida

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromso

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Today I learned that Stephen Colbert once asked Paul Simon why the narrator of the Simon & Garfunkel song "Cecilia" would wash his face after having sex. Simon responded, "Well, it's the 60's, so I can't remember."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_

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TIL of the Braess paradox wherein overall traffic flow through a road network may *decrease* when more roads are added.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%2

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TIL of Taro and Jiro, two Huskies who survived for 11 months on Antarctica after a Japanese research station was evacuated

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_and

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TIL if ocean water was as clear as optical fiber, one could see all the way to the bottom even of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_

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TIL of Jean-Baptiste Lully, he was one of the early conductors for an orchestra. He had a rather strange way of conducting by pounding his staff on the floor. He died of a foot infection caused by him accidentally striking his foot with his own staff.

classicfm.com/discover-music/p

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TIL that in 2014 the state of Alabama paid 75,000 for the right to use the phrase "Sweet Home Alabama" on road signs at the state line.

al.com/news/2014/07/state_pays

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Today I Learned Blackcurrants Were Banned In The US Between 1911 and 2017, Due To The Fact That They Could Spread A Disease Fatal To Pine Trees.

foodtolive.com/healthy-blog/bl

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