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TIL the 12 boys stuck in Thai cave for weeks before rescued by international effort thought they would have to ride their bikes home after grueling rescue

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npZ7 TIL if you buy a Toshiba laptop and it breaks, UPS will send you a return-shipping box, repair the laptop and ship the laptop back to you. Everyone who handles your laptop works for UPS, not Toshiba.
OJVY TIL that Phil Mickelson is actually right-handed in everything he does. He only golfs as a lefty because he would mirror his dad’s swing as a child.
loBJa TIL there were ethnic German villages in Turkey until the last villager died in 1999
1axm8 TIL that the hit Paul Anka song My Way recorded by Frank Sinatra '69 and later Elvis Presley '73 was copied note for note from a French song Comme d'habitude(As Usual) by Claude François '67 with the lyrics completely changed from the original love song.