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TIL what's inside a bowling ball.

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e9WD TIL that Georgi Dimitrov, accused of conspiring to burn the Reichstag German in 1933, successfully defended himself in trial, including grilling Hermann Göring on the stand
xVa8b TIL that your chance of winning a Mega Millions lottery is like knowing a hedgehog will sneeze once and only once in the next six years and putting your money down on one particular second and only winning if the one sneeze happens exactly at that second.
Me9LK TIL the first auto race was held in 1894, from Paris to Rouen, France. The winner had an average speed of 10.2 miles per hour.
oBYrr TIL that Lego has launched a “Braille Brick” concept. It’s designed help children who are blind and partially sighted learn braille. The Braille Kit is expected to launch in 2020, with 250 bricks covering the alphabet, numbers 0-9, and select maths symbols.
JjL8 TIL Operation Northwood - called for innocent people to be shot on American streets; for a wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C., planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer and his cabal the excuse for war.