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TIL The Jerry Springer Show had over 3800 episodes.

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YpjnG TIL about the Battle of Manila Bay (1898) which was a decisive victory for the US Navy where they sunk all seven Spanish cruisers plus a transport ship and only lost one American life: Chief Engineer Francis B. Randall, who died of a heart attack.
LkAGZ TIL some guy jumped over the Tour de France on his mountainbike.
oRmaY TIL Everybody is allowed to do the Māori Haka dance, but only if done with respect.
VBllk TIL that due to the polio virus, as of 1959 there were a total of 1200 people permanently confined to an 'Iron Lung', a device which mimics the breathing motion of the body using variable pressure leaving the patient with only their head exposed. As of 2017, there are still 3.
NXbV1 TIL that it wasn’t until 1970 that the exclamation point consistently had its own key on most typewriter keyboards! If your typewriter didn't have one, the convention was to type a period, then go back and type an apostrophe above it!