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TIL That during a football match in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lightning struck and killed all eleven members of one team while their opponents went unscathed, fuelling intense rumors of witchcraft

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wLBrY TIL that Walt Disney accidentally "kidnapped" Richard Nixon by dispatching his monorail train before the Secret Service could get on. The agents ran after the train and attempted to jump onboard but the doors had already closed. Monorail pilot Bob Gurr was terrified; Nixon got a kick out of it.
oWkL TIL sausages have the nickname “bangers” in Britain because during World War II rationing the sausages would be filled with so much water they would explode on the grill.
wL14o TIL that every month, since 1983, every member of Congress has received a complimentary copy of Hustler Magazine, a pornographic publication, as a form of protest by the mag.
Vpnm TIL The Netherlands has been sending Canada 10,000 tulips every year for the past 70 years in appreciation for the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi forces.
akdA TIL only 10 copies of the fastest lens in history (Carl Zeiss 50mm/0.7) were ever made: one was kept by Carl Zeiss, six were sold to NASA, and three were sold to Stanley Kubrick