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TIL the cause of death of the Challenger astronauts is unknown

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LQ0NQ TIL Mothers Having Fewer Children is the Primary Cause of Changes in Population Growth
b9EBQ TIL that the fiancée of the future serial killer Paul Knowles visited a Psychic medium. The Medium warned her that her fiancée was a “dangerous man”, and she needs to leave him. She called off the wedding and cut off contact with Knowles
8anRb TIL that in 1983 a Mexican pilot crashed landed in a small town in Ireland and the whole town came together to build a temporary runway for him to take off again and continue his flight.
OmVg TIL Pat Riley, former NBA player and now NBA executive with the Miami Heat, trademarked the word “Three-Peat” in 1988. When the Chicago Bulls won three straight championships in the 1990s, he was paid $300,000 dollars in royalties.
OoRO4 TIL Joe Theismann and Alex Smith both suffered gruesome injuries to their right leg. The injuries occurred on the same date 33 years apart, on the same team, in the same city and on nearly identical parts of the field. The final score of both games was 23-21.