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TIL that Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina, widely regarded as a potential future star until 1979, was rushed back to training after an injury and pressured to perform a dangerous move (the Thomas salto), which resulted in a broken neck and left her a quadriplegic. She passed away at 46 in 2006.

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JYe0k TIL that in the U.S. television stations east of the Mississippi River all have call signs starting with a "W" and ones to the west have call signs beginning with a "K". Dallas, Texas has both because of a weird rule when they moved the demarcation.
18lW TIL, Kim Cattrall, while filming Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country, posed for photos on the Enterprise bridge wearing nothing but Vulcan ears. Fearing harm to the franchise, Leonard Nimoy had the photos destroyed.
5YL0r TIL there is a Pakistan Blind Cricket Council that forms blind cricket teams and organizes games.
16RPW TIL shortly after midnight on the morning of June 13, 1942, four Nazis landed on a beach near Amagansett, Long Island, New York from a German submarine.
r790 TIL that the sound of the bald eagle used in movies is in fact a red tailed hawk, as the actual sound of eagles was considered not impressive enough