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TIL: Buzz Aldrin was credited with two air combat victories during the Korean War

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NX4n1 TIL referees would respond to Dikembe Mutombo's gesture of waving his index finger after a block with a technical foul. To avoid the foul, Mutombo started waving his finger at the crowd or TV cameras after a block as that is not considered taunting per NBA rules.
v1vpj TIL in 2007, a twin brother was born at 1:32 AM, However, then Daylight Savings Time occurred. His twin sister who was then born at 1:06 AM, is considered 26 minutes older.
yQJ0X TIL The Killer Lake, Lake Nyos, suddenly killed people and livestock due to the release of immense amount of carbon dioxide.
Wbxd TIL A&W tried to capitalize on the success of the Quarter Pounder by introducing a 1/3 pound burger in the 1980s. Despite being larger and outperforming the Quarter Pounder in blind taste tests, the 1/3 pounder failed because consumers didn’t know that 1/3 was bigger than ¼.
QJA0d TIL of Continuum, a magazine devoted to proving HIV/AIDS is hoax. It ceased publishing after all of its core members died of HIV complications.