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TIL Bob Dole’s website from his 1996 presidential campaign is still online

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o06W TIL that in South Korea, men who win Olympic medals do not have to participate in the two year long mandatory military service.
XEK1X TIL about Josef "Joybubbles" Engressia, a blind 7 year old who discovered that whistling the fourth E above middle C (a frequency of 2600 Hz) would interfere with AT&T's automated telephone systems and activate phone switches.
l5P7 TIL that besides his success as an actor, Jackie Chan is also a singer in Asia, singing in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, and Taiwanese
v18X4 TIL In 1970, the Oregon Highway Division consulted with the US Navy and decided the best way to dispose of a whale carcass was to blow it up with a 1/2 ton of dynamite. The explosion caused blubber to rain down on spectators for over a 1/4 of a mile. A large chunk demolished a car.
Mek8a TIL scientists confirmed that having a younger or older sister makes you a better person. A 2010-study, which involved 400 families with siblings at the age of 10 – 14, indicated that having a sister positively affected the mental well-being of the siblings.