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TIL that the U.S. Government Tried to Make It Rain by Exploding Dynamite in the Sky

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pYEWb TIL that at age 16, Einstein took the entrance exam for the college, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and he failed it. The language and history sections were the sections he struggled on. He did well on the math and science sections.
YGoP TIL: Church attendance in Ireland dropped from 90% in the 80s to 18% by 2011. The change is attributed to the church’s attitude towards the multiple sex scandals that surfaced from the 90s onwards.
d8rQ9 TIL in 1982, three guys lived on a billboard as part of a radio contest. The last one to come down would win an $18,000 mobile home. The contest became international news, one of the contestants was caught selling weed, and it went on for so many months that it had to be ended with two winners.
N74ye TIL that Carl C. Brigham, a eugenist, used an intelligence test to determine the intellect of recruits for WW1. He concluded that the mixing of races is what was leading to the downfall of American education. He later adapted the test for higher education and it is now known as the SAT.
PG9w TIL of Dave Wottle, an American runner who won gold in the 800m race of the 1972 Olympics. He went from dead last to first in the final 200 meters, wearing a golf cap.