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TIL that spacejam.com still exists in its original 1996 form and is completely functional.

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boaE TIL Stalin hated his son Yakov so much that when he failed to commit suicide by shooting himself Stalin only commented “He can’t even shoot straight.” During the war he was captured by the Germans and Stalin refused to trade any soldiers to bring him back
Av8o TIL movies prospered without popcorn until the Great Depression, when theater owners scrambled to make up for reduced ticket prices by turning to “audible edibles.” From 1934 to 1940, the nation’s annual popcorn harvest grew from 5 million to 100 million pounds.
4d6b TIL on 1st of June 2001 the heir to the Nepalese throne - Prince Dipendra shot and killed several members of the royal family (while intoxicated) including his parents - the reigning King and Queen. This eventually lead to the abolishment of the Kingdom of Nepal.
1lb7 TIL Edward Jenner, the father of the smallpox vaccine, proved that swifts don’t hibernate in lakes by holding one underwater for two minutes. It drowned.
EgJBx TIL that male seahorses are the ones who get pregnant and give birth to the babies. The female seahorse passes the fertilized eggs to the male, who incubates them in a specialized pouch until they hatch.