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TIL there will be five new sports debuting in the 2020 Summer Olympics: Skateboarding, Rock climbing, Surfing, Baseball/Softball, and Karate

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jMPv TIL of Dragonskin a new generation of body armor. In one test this armor was shot by 150 rounds of various calibers of bullets including steel core rounds. It took a grenade at point blank range to damage the armor and yet was not enough to break through.
VonD TIL The film ‘Fantasia’ came about after the ambitious Walt Disney overspent on short The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by hiring revered conductor Leopold Stokowski to handle the score. Rather than writing off the debt, Disney decided to spend more by making a whole feature.
wD1P TIL That despite its fairly strong cult following, “Scott Pilgrim vs The World” fell nearly $10 million dollars short of its $85 million dollar budget - even after DVD & Blu-Ray sales.
D1PBJ TIL Of Billy Ray Harris, a beggar who was accidentally given a $4,000 engagement ring by a passing woman when she dropped it into his cup. He never sold it. Two days later the woman came back for her ring and he gave it to her. In thanks, she set up a fund that raised over $185,000 for him
5PXP TIL there is a stone-age tribe that remains isolated on an island in the Indian Ocean.They are known to kill people who venture on their island.