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TIL about an event known as an "October Surprise." An October Surprise is a news event deliberately timed just before a US election in order to influence the outcome of that election.

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xjVo TIL Edward and Bella’s relationship in Twilight series meet all 15 criteria set by the National Domestic Violence hotline for being in an abusive relationship.
J1lej TIL Hawaii only has only 5 counties and one of them is a former leper colony with a population of 81 and land area of 5.2 square miles, the smallest in the United States
8eANK TIL Playboy Playmates started in Jan 1954 with a simple full page picture. The first two page centerfold was in July 1955, and the iconic three page centerfold in March 1956.
vPKEr TIL: The hubble space telescope, the international space station and many other famous spacecraft are technically still inside the earths atmosphere, often by hundreds of miles.
kL9d TIL the Last words of the inventor of Air Conditioner on his death bed were “It’ll be a Cold Day in Hell!”