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TIL that Fire Fighting was an event at the 1900 Summer Paris Olympics. Split between Volunteers and Professionals it was considered a Demonstration Sport and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals were awarded.

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b9PBE TIL that the character Roz Doyle (played by Peri Gilpin in Frasier 1993-2003) is named as a tribute to a producer of the television series Wings (having the same creators as Frasier), who died from breast cancer in 1991
El4d TIL The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) started a 2 hour TV special called “Finding Dispersed Families” in the 80’s that helped war torn families reunite after 30 years, but with overwhelming applicants, the show went on for another 6 months helping reunite hundreds of thousands of families
VEd0 TIL that Nigeria has the 3rd largest film industry in the world in terms of earnings. It is nicknamed ‘Nollywood’.
QQm6 TIL that British Captain James Cook was so respected in the field of naval navigation that even rival French officers were ordered not to attack him lest that they would be hindering the advancement of human knowledge.
wL9Lo TIL Henry Jay Lewis was an American double-bassist and orchestral conductor. A child prodigy, he joined the L.A. Philharmonic at age 16, becoming the first African-American instrumentalist in a major symphony orchestra and later, the first African-American symphony orchestra conductor in the U.S.