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TIL that the Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker booted a 57-yard field goal - the longest field goal in Super Bowl history

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NYYJ TIL 17% of all homicide victims in Japan are children murdered by their suicidal parents
gWxA TIL that minutes before the Halifax Explosion (the largest ever non-nuclear, man-made explosion), a dispatcher named Vince Coleman returned to his station to send a warning telegram, saving 300 lives at the cost of his own.
DK9J TIL that a study of herbal supplements found that one-third showed outright substitution, meaning there was no trace of the plant advertised on the bottle — only another plant in its place.
QJa6a TIL about Skateistan, an organization in Afghanistan dedicated to young people's education and skating. 50 percent of the children skating are girls because Afghanistan culture views it as a toy rather than a sport.
1aDmP TIL that adults have protective services too, not just kids.