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TIL Paige debuted in professional wrestling at 13 years old

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OoNbL TIL That the phrase 'flying saucer' used as a substitute for an UFO is the result of a mistaken newspaper report in 1947 of the first well-known UFO sighting by the business mogul Kenneth Arnold who said the speeding aerial was crescent-shaped but moved "like saucers skipping on water".
4XybJ TIL that in 2020 it's been 22 years since That 70's Show first aired in 1998 which took place in 1976 which was 22 years before 1998.
AD95d TIL of "slow television"—live, nonstop TV coverage of an ordinary event in its complete length. Slow TV was popularized by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's 7-hour broadcast of the train ride from Bergen to Oslo in 2009, and a 134-hour broadcast of the MS Nordnorge's coastal voyage in 2011.
bKXa TIL some animals use copper, instead of iron as a way to transport oxygen through their blood
w5QW TIL there actually was a John Rambo in Vietnam and his name can be found on the Vietnam Memorial. Oh, and he won a silver star