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TIL that "Stakka Bo" a one hit euro-dance wonder from the 90s ("here we go again") is now a renowned Emmy award winning director with credits like Breaking Bad, and Chernobyl.

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0wVb5 TIL Non-avian Dinosaurs would have not gone extinct if the asteroid hit anywhere else but the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.
JG1j TIL that in 1994 and 1995 43 adults were charged with 29,726 counts of child abuse. Accused of being part of a group involved in ritualistic child abuse, 18 went to prison for what were later determined to be false testimony based on recovered memories. It’s called the Wenatchee Witch Hunt.
lo6m7 TIL a New York taxi driver once hit 240 consecutive green lights in a single drive around the city
wG7M TIL that in 1773 a man named Wolraad Woltemade saved 14 people stranded on a sinking ship by riding his horse, Vonk, out into the water to fetch them. Upon reaching the ship the seventh time the horse was exhausted. Wolraad, Vonk and those clinging onto him all drowned.
ROBw TIL that before the late 17th century, humans’ sleep cycle was divided into two periods. The first sleep usually began at dusk, lasted four hours, and was followed by an hour or so of being awake. Then we had a second sleep, lasting another four hours.