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TIL The last words from the Challenger Space Shuttle before it exploded were “Uh oh.”

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a8jPb TIL Bruno Mars' career started as an Elvis impersonator at the age of three. His uncle was also an Elvis impersonator
e7eb TIL that in 1998 the NIH changed lowered the BMI scores that would be normal, overweight, or obese. 29 million Americans became overweight over night, even though there was no clinical reason. However 7 out of 9 people on the committee worked for or owned weight loss companies.
R5gr8 TIL about the dispute over Jewish assets in dormant Swiss bank accounts in the 1990s turned into Switzerland’s biggest foreign policy crisis since the Second World War. On August 12, 1998, a billion-dollar settlement was reached.
16WL8 TIL that there are little-known scientific names for everyday bodily functions like burping and sweating
mOxP TIL the state of Maine only has one area code (207), with the exception of four residents who use the area code of Quebec (418).