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ANwEl TIL that, in addition to the regular art events, the 1936 Olympic Games also featured an unofficial dance exhibition
gr8BD TIL Crabs will capture and eat baby Sea Turtles after they hatch.
R5WG1 TIL Cy Young, the namesake of the Cy Young Award, isn't actually named Cy; his full name is Denton True Young. He earned the nickname "Cy" due to the cyclone-like appearance of his pitches.
E1g67 Telling someone to go jump off a cliff may sound like an insult, but to an adventure photographer like Krystle Wright it’s just another day at the office. In this week’s Today I Learned, Wright shares some of the insight she’s gained while photographing BASE jumpers. Did you know that "BASE" is actually an acronym for the four different objects a BASE jumper can plunge from?
mxEey TIL a camera losded with 8mm film was discovered in a farmer’s field in Michigan. The film depicted a man lying in the street in a pool of blood. The FBI soon discovered the footage had been intended for use in a music video… and the corpse” was none other than NIN founder Trent Reznor.