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TIL the 1988 film Akira, set in 2019, not only predicted that Tokyo would win the 2020 Olympics, but also contains a scene calling for their cancellation.

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j6PrE TIL under rare circumstances, it is possible for human sperm to travel up the fallopian tube, through the ovarian tissue, and penetrate the wall of an intact ovarian follicle to reach the ovum and fertilize the egg before ovulation occurs
WkNAL TIL that the lost property office at Dublin airport has an unclaimed tombstone with the words: ‘You will always be remembered, never forgotten.’
b6lr9 TIL it is illegal in parts of Oregon and New Jersey to pump your own gas
EgZw7 TIL that on the day of his audition to sing for ACDC, Brian Johnson also recorded a vacuum commercial for £350
yQXZ8 TIL that during his military service musician Johnny Cash was the first westerner to learn that Joseph Stalin had died