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TIL that the first person to win the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” used none of his lifelines until the million dollar question. He used phone-a-friend to call his dad and tell him that he was about to win and then answered the question correctly without help.

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OoxB1 TIL more than half the population of Canada lives south of Seattle
aw0Go TIL when Apollo 11 landed, it had only about 25 seconds of fuel left.
d89x7 TIL about Wank Week, a British documentary series dedicated to increasing public awareness and dispelling any taboos surrounding masturbation. A press release even promised that it would reveal "if the only things allowed to be stiff in Britain are upper lips". It was, unsurprisingly, canceled.
6EdaX TIL that luxury fashion brands like Burberry burns their unsold merchandise worth million dollars in order to prevent putting a lower price on them
6ymW TIL that in the afternoon of 9/11, Rumsfeld gave the following directive to his aides: “Judge whether good enough hit S.H.” (Saddam Hussein) at same time. Not only UBL" (Osama bin Laden). Need to move swiftly – Near term target needs – go massive – sweep it all up. Things related and not.“