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TIL only two people won $1 million on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader: the superintendent of Georgia public schools, and a Nobel Prize winner in physics

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6EmRm TIL in 1975 Otrag, a West-German company, developed cheap transport rockets. The USSR became nervous, and American corporations concerned about low-cost competitors. American media came to use crude Soviet propaganda to sabotage them, making Otrag evicted from their Congolese base (more in comments)
xVdn0 TIL about 'The Uncensored Library', a Minecraft map that allows journalists in countries with strict press laws to share materials with a worldwide audience. The articles from these journalists are presented inside craftable books.
R5lrj TIL the Little League removed the bunk beds from their dormitories in Williamsport, Pennsylvania after a player fell from an upper bunk and suffered a serious head injury in 2022. The league was also sued for the player's injury because the bunk beds did not have guard rails.
wLRvW TIL that the lettering on soldiers’ graves at the American Cemetery in Normandy is highlighted with sand from the D-Day landing beaches.
X0AwP TIL, in 1916, German agents blew up 2 million pounds of munitions on Black Tom Island in NY Harbor. The explosion damaged the Statue of Liberty.