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TIL The first guy to win “Who Wants to be Millionnaire?” John Carpenter, used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his Dad and told him that he didn’t need any help on the final question and just wanted to let him know that he is about to win 1,000,000$

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wj8 TIL in 2008 a Texas schoolgirl was thrown off the cheerleading team for refusing to cheer “put it in” for a football player who raped her.
Y7vYA TIL hurricane names get reused every couple years until they are retired (typically due to a significant storm). For example - until Katrina was retired in 2005, a Katrina occurred in 1967, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1998, and 1999
WyLX TIL that today, 69 per cent of children aged two to five can use a computer mouse, but only 11 per cent can tie their own shoelaces; and more young people know how to play a computer game (58 per cent) than swim (20 per cent) or ride a bike (52 per cent).
GYEp7 TIL that Makhnovia was an anarchist stateless territory lasted four years in the present day Ukraine. Their motto was: "Power begets parasites. Long live Anarchy!"
kJxO4 TIL that king Charles III is allowed to travel without a passport and drive without a license as the reigning monarch of 14 countries.