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TIL Nickelodeon’s Kids Pick the President has successful predicted the outcome of all but one of the presidential elections since 1988.

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kBd7 TIL that Leopold II slaughtered as many people as Hitler did, yet remains historically obscure.
0dGZy TIL that a 1968 ad claimed the proposed World Trade Center would pose ‘risk to air navigation,' and showed a plane flying into the north tower
0w0Pp TIL of the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928. Located in Angeles National Forest, the reservoir held 12 billion gallons of water. The dam failed before midnight on March 12th. A 140 ft flood wave swept debris and bodies 54 miles to the pacific ocean. Second worst loss of life in California history.
vD8R TIL In 2007, in response to an increase in pedestrians wearing headphones being hit by cars, NY proposed making it illegal to cross the street with headphones. Australian State Traffic Commander, Chief Superintendent responded, “You can’t legislate stupidity” and Australia ran a warning-ad instead.
N7jjP TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator yanked a cable causing an alarm and Hawking to slump forward. Worried they had killed him, everyone rushed over to find Hawking giggling at his own joke. The alarm was from an office computer losing power.