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

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newRG TIL of Randy Gardner, a 17 year-old high school student from San Diego who set the record for the longest time a human has gone without sleep (11 days, 25 min). Gardner's experimental analysis found paranoia, hallucinations, loss of concentration, and being unable to count backwards from 100.
m1Eex Today I learned, one morning in May of 2007, someone hijacked the local Disney Channel station in Lincroft, New Jersey and played a pornographic scene during an airing of Handy Manny during the Playhouse Disney block
ypmX TIL Antarctica has a emergency phone number: 911. It Calls the nearest island/country that has a Police / Emergency system.
0d7Gy TIL that Anton Chekhov, known for his poignant, dark, open-ended short stories started out writing light hearted comedies.
4AP6 TIL Before ‘The Joy of Painting’ was launched, Bob Ross would have his hair permed to save money on haircuts. The perm was uncomfortable for him but as the show gained popularity it became his most iconic feature, ultimately forcing him to keep the style