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TIL In 1980, Cleveland Cavs owner sponsored a softball drop from the top of a skyscraper which resulted in a ball breaking a spectator’s wrist!

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oBOkL TIL In Terminator 2 – Judgement Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger received a salary of $15 million; the 700 words he spoke translates to $21,429 per word
E1EEo TIL that in 18th century, the King of Sweden conducted an experiment to prove that caffeine was dangerous. It used two pairs of twins, each with one twin drinking three pots of coffee and the other three pots of tea for the rest of their lives. They all outlived the king and every doctor involved.
x6kJ7 TIL James Nasmyth discovered fine scale solar features, which he painted in detail and called 'willow-leaf-shaped objects in 1860. Now known as solar granulation, their existence was disputed for many years
jNZNM TIL that China's one child policy introduced in 1979 prevented the birth of 400 million people, as well as generated up to two trillion in fines.
BY0K TIL of Annie Dookhan, a chemist in a drug testing lab who tampered with 40,000+ samples resulting in thousands of innocent people being put in prison