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TIL: How to solve a Rubiks Cube in only 9 Minutes

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D1Y4j TIL that in 2009, four prison inmates saved a prison guard from another inmate. The heroes were in prison for crimes like assault and armed robbery and saved the guard because he treated them with a lot of respect.
X0obr TIL the UNLV Running Rebels hold the NCAA basketball final records both for points in a game and margin of victory for their win over Duke in 1990
98dQ TIL that there was an indigenous population called the Ainu who lived in Japan before the ethnic Japanese arrived
Ml6m TIL the Economist derives most of its revenue from subscriptions because they anticipate advertising will “pretty much go away.” “[The Guardian employs] 964 people. That’s a very, very, very large newsroom. If they think they’re going to fund that with online advertising, I think they’re wrong.”
d9L7 TIL Tony Bennet is a WW2 Veteran that narrowly escaped death and took part in liberation of a concentration camp. He eventually was demoted for dining with a black friend.