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TIL ESPN credited "social media sleuthing skills" with helping shape the league's investigation in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandel.

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jNBla TIL the Pokéwalker, a toy step-counter bundled with the 2010 Nintendo DS games Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver is one of the most accurate step-counters ever made.
MeWY8 TIL that “lead” pencils have never actually contained lead, but the Romans used lead as a writing tool.
mxDYO TIL that "We'll meet again", the song from the final scene of Dr Strangelove, would have also been used by the BBC Radio for "morale-boosting" in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
WkOZB TIL in the 1950s a scientist used a mirror to focus the enery from a nuclear explosion to light his cigarette
wowjW TIL in 1929 in the first Academy Awards four films were nominated for best cinematography and George Barnes was cinematographer for three of them. He lost to the fourth film (Sunrise).