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TIL that quidditch from Harry Potter has been adapted into a real-life sport, in which the players use brooms, but run instead of flying

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k9XW TIL in 1986, the United Way released 1.5 million balloons into the Cleveland sky to raise money for charity. The balloons were so thick that Coast Guard helicopters couldn’t reach an overtuned boat, resulting in the death of two fishermen.
woNEJ TIL: In 1830, Victor Hugo locked away his clothes to avoid procrastination and leaving the house. He finished "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in just six months.
a89bM TIL; The company that used to be Philip Morris (Marlboro) used to own the company that makes Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (now Kraft Heinz.)
8aAnL TIL napping after a learning session leads to significantly better recall rate of the learned material one week later
Z8D7v TIL that 66 year-old Marilu Henner, from the old TV show Taxi, has an enlarged part of her brain that provides her with total recall. She can recite details from every day of her life since she was 14.