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TIL that the funky Sesame Street segment known as “Pinball Number Count” which counts to 12 by following the journey of a pinball was created in 1976 and featured The Pointer Sisters.

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NXw06 TIL in mid-1843, writer Charles Dickens began to suffer from financial problems, and matters worsened when his publishers threatened to reduce his monthly income. To prevent this, Dickens’ spent 6 weeks obsessively writing a novella. The result? “A Christmas Carol” - which sold out in 3 days.
W0BA TIL that there are growing anti-Korean racist movements in Japan as a result of government’s nationalistic movements
KYMpG TIL “The Mountain” from GoT forced himself onto his ex in order to prove that he didn’t cheat on her
Ovpe TIL as head of Iraq’s Olympic Committee, Saddam Hussein’s son Uday dragged athletes who underperformed through a gravel pit, then immersed them in sewage to induce infection.
DQMmg TIL that the Hindenburg (which was filled with flammable hydrogen gas) had a smoking lounge. The entrance to the lounge was pressurized, and the bartender had to make sure no hydrogen gas leaked, or if someone walked with a lit pipe or lit cigarette