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TIL a video recording of the last moments aboard the columbia shuttle was found in the debris undamaged

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bW5E TIL in 1979 a FOX studio editor secretly edited and released his own version of the widely panned film “At Long Last Love.” Nobody noticed until the director saw it on Netflix more than 30 years later, at which point he declared it superior to any of his versions.
BPdb TIL there was Chinese general who defended a town against 150,000 soldiers with only a lute and his reputation for being clever. He opened the gates and sat on the town wall playing the lute. The opposing general thought it was a trap and retreated.
PYbGV TIL only 22% of U.S. adults use Twitter, 10% of users are responsible for 80% of tweets.
MkWA TIL in 2010 NY Governor David Paterson pardoned a black man for shooting an unarmed white teen to death after only serving 5 months of his sentence
rNmZx TIL that in 1889, the Brazilian military, alongside slave-owning elites, organized a coup to overthrow emperor Pedro II for abolishing slavery. In response, a group of freed slaves organized themselves into a militia known as the Black Guard in order to guarantee the safety of the Imperial Family.