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TIL That Maryland’s Official State Sport is Jousting

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ypL8 TIL The Amazing Randi (James Randi), while debunking a psychic who bent silverware, was accused of being a fraud. Twice he was accused of using actual psychic powers to pretend he was just a magician.
16Dp4 Today I learned dinosaur food still exists
Brg4y TIL that ageists age worse
GYL7E Til that there was a Titanic short film that was released 19 days after the tragedy.It starred Dorothy Gibson who survived the actual titanic.But no prints survive today,making it a lost film.
97YB TIL that the entire staff of Australian radio station Triple J went on strike to protest the censoring of the N.W.A song ‘Fuck tha Police". As one final protest before they left they put N.W.A’s 'Express Yourself’ on repeat. It played for 24 hours straight.