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TIL A 1996 survey found that 95% of all American preschoolers had watched Sesame Street before they were three years old.

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p8NDA TIL that Singaporean photographer Aram Pan has shot a 360° video of driving through the Streets of Pyongyang, North Korea with exclusive permission from the North Korean government
a0mM TIL A team of Sydney university students have cracked the secret algorithm used on Sydney’s public transport systems allowing them to print their own tickets
gr8J9 TIL in 1952, Jimmy Carter led a team of nuclear scientists in disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor undergoing meltdown. To accomplish this, Carter, alongside other American military personnel, personally lowered himself into the reactor to disassemble it by hand.
l7QwA TIL in 2007, St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Juan Encarnación was in the on-deck circle and was hit in the face by a foul ball from his teammate. He sustained multiple fractures to his left eye socket and an injury to the eye itself. He never played Major League Baseball again.
VMejQ TIL that The Blade Runner Director's Cut only exists because a Warner Bros. executive accidentally gave a theater Scott's personal cut which he had left in a screening room. His cut garnered critical acclaim prompting Warner Bros. to allow him to make an official version.