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TIL during a soccer match in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a lightning strike killed all 11 members of the opposing team. The home team came out unharmed.

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aw9X0 TIL during a speech in Poland, President Jimmy Carter’s interpreter told the Polish people he wanted “to grasp at Poland’s private parts” when he meant he was “happy to be in Poland” and that he was “never returning to the United States” when he meant that he’d “just left the United States.”
D11yY TIL that Newfoundland dogs have webbed paws!
a8g60 TIL Oscar De Priest was the only african-american congressman during this three terms in congress from Illinois 1929 to 1935. He was the first black congressman from outside the south, and the first to be elected to congress in the 20th century.
X0ZOj TIL Because it had a stainless steel body, the Delorean’s owner manual recommended using gasoline to clean it.
ODWa TIL George Washington Custis Lee, the son of Confederate general Robert E. Lee successfully sued the government for its confiscation of Arlington and was paid 150,000 dollars. His lawyer was Robert Todd Lincoln the only surviving child of Abraham Lincoln.