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TIL that the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris featured cannon shooting, firefighting, lifesaving and angling

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R77pl TIL that, in 1941, when Cernauti mayor Traian Popovici was told that the Jews in his city were going to be deported, he argued against it and was initially allowed to exempt 200 Jews. However, he argued for more and was thus ultimately able to get 20,000 Jews exempted from deportation.
vPZo8 TIL the pilot for "E.R." was originally written back in 1974 as a film screenplay
LaRr TIL that China, Bangladesh and Grenada are the only countries where the female suicide rate is higher than the male rate
6EEoQ TIL in the Philippines, legally registering property takes 168 procedures, 53 agencies and a waiting list of 13 to 25 years.
kJ4Xe TIL that in 1957 the US launched Project Pluto, a plan to design and build a "doomsday" cruise missile (SLAM) that would be nuclear powered and carry multiple hydrogen bombs, spreading radiation along its path from the engine. It was loud enough to kill people in its path with sound.