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TIL the Olympic torch lighting ceremony was started by the Nazis in 1936.

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w1w6 TIL that Stanley Kubrick was interested in directing a film adaption of Arthur C Clark’s Childhoods End, but the rights were already taken, so he ended up collaborating with Clark on expanding a short story, The Sentinel into what became 2001: A Space Odyssey
epeYJ TIL in 1981 George Thorogood and the Destroyers completed their "50/50 Tour", in which the band played shows in all 50 US states in 50 days. In fact, they played a concert in Washington, D.C. on the same day that they performed a show in Maryland, thereby playing 51 concerts in 50 days.
0d1JM TIL in 1831 four countries claimed a new island in the Mediterranean that disappeared again only six months later
XDRE TIL the reason cats flex (also called kneading) their claws when sitting on your lap is due to a behavior from when it was a kitten. The kitten has to flex its claws around the mothers nipple in order to get it to start lactating. In adulthood its just re triggered from being nurtured
epADk TIL that gaming PC's alone collectively consume about 75 Billion kWh of electricity each year, resulting in an additional $10 Billion in energy costs