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Til that during initial release of Doom so many people tried to download it at once that it crashed the entire University of Wisconsin's network

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JYQJ4 TIL that the inventor of the Teddy Bear was Margaret Steiff, a German woman who also had three paralyzed limbs due to polio.
DQAMD TIL that the visual effects of the film, The Fountain, cost only a total of $140,000 on a budget of $35 million due to macro photographer Peter Parks’ creative solutions and a bare minimum of CGI.
8apDL TIL the flag is flown at half-staff during periods of mourning to make room for the "invisible flag of death" above it.
ADNxB TIL that in 2015, Qatar has paid spanish fans to cheer for the Qatar national team in the 2015 handball world championships
l7v91 TIL of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Her research showed that children in the city of Flint, Michigan had elevated levels of lead in their blood due to the contaminated water supply