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TIL Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in an NBA game in 1962 but it was not televised and no video footage of the game has since been recovered. NBA wasnt recognized as being a major sports league and struggled to compete against college basketball. No members of the New York press were at the game

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E18bW TIL that when a high school in Florida pulled Cory Doctorow's book "Little Brother" because it 'questioned authority', the author had free copies of the book emailed to every Grade 9 and 10 student at the school.
XXkr TIL some weapons and chemicals forbidden by armies to use during war are actively used on civilians, including Tear Gas.
4kRvR TIL In 1988 Ivan McGuire, an experienced skydiver with 800 recorded dives jumped from the plane for his 3rd dive that day. He had his camera rig with him but completely forgot to equip a parachute rig, thus he jumped to his death from 10.000 feet. The camera footage of the fatal fall survived
69YRZ TIL at the beginning of WWII some 2,500 generals served in the German armed forces. Many would wear their brightly colored and highly identifiable uniforms and vehicle insignia. This increased “personal battlefield lethality” and was a significant factor in debilitating the German war machine.
ROBw TIL that before the late 17th century, humans’ sleep cycle was divided into two periods. The first sleep usually began at dusk, lasted four hours, and was followed by an hour or so of being awake. Then we had a second sleep, lasting another four hours.