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

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69GdZ TIL in Shaquille O'Neal's entire 19-year NBA career, he has only made one 3-point shot, out of 22 attempts.
BgaLd TIL about the importance of properly poured beer. A 0.5-1 inch head (foam) releases the aromas and helps the beer to stay carbonated. Also, you can tell if the glass is dirty, because the bubbles will stick to dirt.
M7RgB TIL that 90% of indigenous people of Americas were wiped out because of "disease". Not because of technological advances of europeans which was my previous belief.
xxPb TIL that the bigger an animal’s brain, the longer it will yawn
8eeDa TIL Nobel winner James Watson wrote "The Double Helix" in a fiction like style to attract young people in science. He originally wanted to title his memoir "Honest Jim", and then "Base Pairs", but his co-discoverer Francis Crick had issues with it