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TIL that in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, skateboarding will be included for the very first time as an Olympic game. Bowling was also suggested but didn’t make the final 5 additions.

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5j8p TIL that there are around 60 people in the world who can remember every single day of their lives - their condition is called Hyperthymesia (excessive remembering)
b9jDZ TIL Brazilian priest, Father Adelir Antonio de Carli, died after he floated out over the ocean suspended by hundreds of helium-filled party balloons and crashed into the ocean
rMWw TIL North Korea had a propaganda YouTube video taken down for using copyrighted Call of Duty footage.
pmP4 TIL: People in Iceland genuinely believe in elves. They live in the forests and they have an elf church.
MeN8K TIL in 2005 a barber sold Neil Armstrong's hair, after giving him a haircut, for $3000. Neil Armstrong threatened legal action. Currently his hair is being sold at £399 for each half inch strand.