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TIL of the 1993 Storming of Kempton Park World Trade Centre, when more than 3,000 far-right paramilitaries stormed the venue where multi-party negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa were being held.

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v14br TIL that in 1942 the song "Deep in the Heart of Texas" was banned by BBC during working hours on the grounds that its infectious melody might cause wartime factory-hands to neglect their tools while they clapped in time with the song.
KOPd9 TIL of Adolfo Kaminsky, a 18 year-old French forger who faked IDs for Jews during WWII. He once worked for 3 days straight to make papers for 300 children until he passed out. He kept his work a secret - his own daughter only learned the details while writing a book about him.
nedYr TIL that manatees rely on their farting abilities to keep them afloat. When they have gas stored up, they’re more buoyant and float to the surface. When they fart out that gas, they sink. When constipated and can’t pass gas, they can't swim properly and float around with their tail above their head.
wLDDM TIL that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is married to a member of the British aristocracy. His wife, Joanna, is the youngest daughter of John Hare, also known as the 1st Viscount Blakenham.
LQBZp TIL only two people won $1 million on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader: the superintendent of Georgia public schools, and a Nobel Prize winner in physics