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TIL The Philippines consists of about 7,640 islands

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NBR1 TIL in 2009 Kashmir, when 18-year old Rukhsana Kauser saw her parents being beaten as part of a forced marriage proposal by a militia commander, she killed one militant with an axe, gunned the commander down, then started a 4 hour gun battle with the militia.
b9DJ9 TIL Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game in 1958. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong.
e0xrg TIL a Texas man shot an armadillo and the bullet ricocheted into his face
b9EK7 TIL The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences used to give out an Academy Juvenile Award, complete with a miniature statue. Shirley Temple was the first and youngest to win the award at the age of 6 in 1934. Mickey Rooney was the oldest to win at 18. Hayley Mills was the last to win in 1960.
QNZb9 TIL the first reference of the phrase 'May the fourth be with you' being used was on May 4, 1979, the day after Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.