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TIL the first ever text message in history is "Merry Christmas"

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xVO9g TIL Yuuzhan Vong War episodes are not slated for any Star Wars movies. When Disney acquired Star Wars, Lucasfilm announced the all the stories of the Expanded Universe had been jettisoned.
ADk94 TIL That an average NFL game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay
jNy1a TIL scientists have found a way to make a mini dam. They can harvest the mechanical energy from the falling rain, and they convert it into electrical energy.
xVR6o TIL An English manager has never won the Premier League. Since the Premier League started in 1992 11 managers have won but none of them have been English
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