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TIL: Skateboarding is becoming popular in Afghanistan - especially amongst women

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a8pNM TIL that the extremely risky and highly successful first test launch of the Saturn V rocket helped revitalize the US's moon landing ambitions.
wYYE TIL every year, more police officers commit suicide than are killed by the guns of felons
VMWeD TIL that a neutron star’s magnetic field is strong enough to rip atoms apart.
OowWa TIL of Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers, a 1934 mystery novel printed with its 100 pages out of order. To solve the puzzle, readers must determine the correct page order as well the names of both the six murderers and six victims. The mystery has only ever been solved by three people.
1V6P TIL Japanese businessman Masayoshi Son lost the most money in history. In just a few months, his net worth plummeted from an all time high of $76 billion to an all time low of $1.1 billion.