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TIL Communist Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek was removed from office due to the Czechoslovak national hockey team defeating the Soviet hockey team

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Ooeke TIL that immediately after the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the German chancellor mandated that all participant nations fly their flags at half-mast. Ten Arab nations objected to their flags being lowered to honour murdered Israelis, and so they were restored to full-mast.
KjYa TIL the Germans accidentally bombed themselves during the onset of WW2, then used propaganda to blame the French and British while threatening five-fold retaliation.
VMa1p TIL When author Flannery O'Connor had a high school assignment to sew a dress, she made one for her pet duck, which she then brought to school to model it.
a88JN TIL human egg fertilization isn’t determined by the fastest sperm but rather the egg sending chemicals to attract particular sperm it chooses
JYNov TIL Hello Kitty is a little girl, who looks like a ‘female’ cat; and has a boyfriend, who looks like a ‘male’ cat, but is a little girl too. I’m confused