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TIL about America's first Olympics in 1904 where, during the marathon athletes drank poison, dodged traffic, stole peaches and hitchiked!

20 upvotes • Tattoosnscars

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TIL in the 90's, a major testimony about horrific acts committed by Iraqi troops, including infanticide, was fabricated in order to gain support for the first gulf war.

19 upvotes • Ecstatic-Cricket-991

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TIL Civil War Union general and president of the United States (1869-1877) Ulysses S. Grant's great-great grandson, Ulysses Grant Dietz, is a museum curator and writer of gay vampire fiction.

18 upvotes • Ghosts_of_Bordeaux

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TIL Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island offers day trips and multiday backpacking routes in the high arctic, including the 4500-year old Muskox Way, the route of ancient peoples. Historic Fort Conger visits are possible only when you are accompanies by Parks Canada staff

16 upvotes • ubcstaffer123

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TIL the Dave Matthews Band once emptied its tour bus septic tank onto an entire Chicago River sightseeing cruise. Tourists were reportedly covered in feces and urine, which sparked a chain of vomiting that made it worse. The 20th anniversary is this Thursday.

16 upvotes • PostHeraldTimes

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TIL that long after World War II ended, Teruo Nakamura of the Japanese imperial army was one of the last soldiers to finally surrender after holding out until 1974. 30 years after the war ended.

16 upvotes • Blanche_Saraing

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TIL Joseph Kennedy initially hoped for his eldest son Joseph Jr. to become President. When Joe jr. was killed during World War II, he encouraged his younger son, John F Kennedy, for a run for political office.

15 upvotes • Kenneth4Alitch

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TIL that from 1961-1963, Brazil and France went to war due to a dispute as to whether lobsters walk or swim.

15 upvotes • doopityWoop22

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TIL that one of the earliest known board games, Senet, dates back to around 3100 BCE and was enjoyed by both Egyptian commoners and pharaohs.

14 upvotes • Danghez_

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TIL that a “Thing” was originally a meeting in Germanic society, that eventually came to mean an object of any sort

13 upvotes • SausageFlavouredSoup

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL about America's first Olympics in 1904 where, during the marathon athletes drank poison, dodged traffic, stole peaches and hitchiked!	20	Tattoosnscars
TIL in the 90's, a major testimony about horrific acts committed by Iraqi troops, including infanticide, was fabricated in order to gain support for the first gulf war.	19	Ecstatic-Cricket-991
TIL Civil War Union general and president of the United States (1869-1877) Ulysses S. Grant's great-great grandson, Ulysses Grant Dietz, is a museum curator and writer of gay vampire fiction.	18	Ghosts_of_Bordeaux
TIL Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island offers day trips and multiday backpacking routes in the high arctic, including the 4500-year old Muskox Way, the route of ancient peoples. Historic Fort Conger visits are possible only when you are accompanies by Parks Canada staff	16	ubcstaffer123
TIL the Dave Matthews Band once emptied its tour bus septic tank onto an entire Chicago River sightseeing cruise. Tourists were reportedly covered in feces and urine, which sparked a chain of vomiting that made it worse. The 20th anniversary is this Thursday.	16	PostHeraldTimes
TIL that long after World War II ended, Teruo Nakamura of the Japanese imperial army was one of the last soldiers to finally surrender after holding out until 1974. 30 years after the war ended.	16	Blanche_Saraing
TIL Joseph Kennedy initially hoped for his eldest son Joseph Jr. to become President. When Joe jr. was killed during World War II, he encouraged his younger son, John F Kennedy, for a run for political office.	15	Kenneth4Alitch
TIL that from 1961-1963, Brazil and France went to war due to a dispute as to whether lobsters walk or swim.	15	doopityWoop22
TIL that one of the earliest known board games, Senet, dates back to around 3100 BCE and was enjoyed by both Egyptian commoners and pharaohs.	14	Danghez_
TIL that a “Thing” was originally a meeting in Germanic society, that eventually came to mean an object of any sort	13	SausageFlavouredSoup