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TIL that the 1948 United States Presidential Election was the first election to have primary and general election debates, with Thomas Dewey debating Harold Stassen in the GOP primary while Socialist Nominee Norman Thomas debated Socialist Workers Nominee Farrell Dobbs in the general election.

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e8l4 TIL that at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Hawaiian American Duke Kahanamoku overslept and missed his qualifying heat in the 100m freestyle. His main rival, Cecil Healy of AUS, convinced judges to hold a special qualifying race for Duke. Duke ending up going on to win the gold, and Cecil took silver
kOOmm TIL Boba Fett (bounty hunter of Star Wars fame) didn't make his debut in Empire Strikes Back. The character's first appearance was in the Star Wars Holiday Special.
O69a TIL In ancient Egypt Pharoahs would have slaves smear their bodies with honey and stand naked to deter flies from their masters to themselves
woaM TIL in 2004, The New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world. Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem: she sings at 52hz, and so no other whales can hear her.
4kVLa TIL: Every Java class binary starts with the 8-digit hexadecimal number 0xCAFE_BABE. If you own an Android phone, this "magic number" is likely compiled into thousands of individual files on it.