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TIL CNN’s Wolf Blitzer appeared on Jeopardy! and ended up with a final score of negative 4600.

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jNA8a TIL that the Queen christened the British Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth with a bottle of single malt Scotch whisky from the Bowmore distillery on the island of Islay instead of champagne because the ship had been built and launched in Scotland.
jpv TIL NASA is landing a vehicle the size of a car on Mars in August. You can see a live update of its location in the solar system here at any time.
1aD9P TIL Initially selling for around $850 when introduced in 1908 (around $20,000 in today’s dollars), the Model T would later sell for as little as $260 (around $6,000 today) for the basic no-extras model
rRnDM TIL The University of Melbourne offers a subject on Eurovision.
NXbvN TIL in 1915, a farmer watched his sister make mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and decided he could improve upon the product. He invented a new formula that doesn't cause eye irritation. He named the new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base ingredient Vaseline...