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TIL professional bowlers in the 60s and 70s made twice as much money as NFL stars, signed million dollar contracts, and were heralded as international celebrities.

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pyBN TIL between 1949 and 1952, The White House was completely gutted, leaving only the outer walls around a shell. The mansion was then rebuilt using concrete and steel beams in place of its original wooden joists
R5aGj TIL that the term "electricity" is derived from the Greek word "elektron," which means "amber." This is because amber is a type of fossilized tree resin that can produce static electricity when it is rubbed with a cloth.
Emvp TIL of Memory Crystals. A small disc that can hold 360 terabytes of data.
KOEgQ TIL about the 'Time Cube', a conspiracy theory in which modern education and physics are hiding the ultimate truth: That each day actually consists of four separate simultaneously occurring days.
6EZVW TIL in 1985, MTV ran a contest based on John Mellencamp's song Pink Houses, where they gave away a pink house. Unfortunately, the house was on a toxic waste dump in Indiana. Not wanting to poison his fans, they were forced to buy another house. Also included was a garage full of Hawaiian Punch.