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TIL of the Bulwer-Lyton fiction contest, in which entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels"

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N7NmM TIL the German crime show Aktenzeichen XY Ungelöst (Case number XY...unsolved) has been on the air for more than 53 years and provided the inspiration for Unsolved Mysteries and America's Most Wanted in the US and Crimewatch in the UK.
R7171 TIL that jalapeños are actually red when they’re ripe and they are spicer and sweeter than green ones.
y8pV TIL Joe Montana helped cement his nickname “Joe Cool” after calming his team down in Super Bowl XXIII by pointing out John Candy sitting in the stands
vPZBx TIL that in 1982, 28-year-old Vladimir Smirnoff, ranked world #1 in fencing, was killed at the World Fencing Championships when a broken foil pierced his mask, entered his eye socket and penetrated his frontal lobe. The incident is the reason why fencing uniforms now include Kevlar as standard.
BrNod TIL Dave Chappelle was offered the role of Bubba in Forrest Gump, but turned it down because he thought the role would be demeaning and the movie would bomb.