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TIL that for 30 mins they turned off the lights in Iceland city enabling people to see night sky whilst a radio programme told them what to look out for

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x6BO5 TIL Brøderbund missed out on world exclusive Tetris rights for only 50k!
nPxo TIL Norwegians are using ‘Texas’ as a slang term for 'crazy’
VBnAG TIL with the exception of three Canadian cities, Elvis Presley never performed outside the United States
1a9y8 TIL that according to a University of Chicago study, while the joy of receiving gifts lessens over time, the psychological benefits of giving do not. Participants’ happiness hardly declined if they repeatedly bestowed gifts on others, versus repeatedly receiving those same gifts themselves.
GAkPj TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days".