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TIL that the city of Denver was originally awarded the honor of hosting the 1976 Winter Olympics. The people of Colorado, however, voted against funding the games, and Innsbruck ended up hosting them. This is the only time in history that a city has been awarded the games, but rejected them later.

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Oo09R TIL Most of the 30 killed in the sinking of the Britannic were dismembered when their lifeboats were pulled into the propellers when the captain attempted to beach the ship. One person survived the propellers- Violet Jessop, who had also survived the sinking of Britannic's sister ship, Titanic.
nWXjP TIL about the mysterious case of Exploding Trousers that occurred in New Zealand between WWI and WW2. It turns out farmers had been spraying a particular herbicide which would then crystallize and collect on their clothes, then ignite when exposed to spark or open flame.
Emlp TIL that when Cristiano Ronaldo was asked to donate his cleats for a charity auction benefitting 10-year old Erik Ortiz Cruz, who had a brain disorder that can cause 30 seizures a day, he instead paid the whole $83K for his surgery.
ykww TIL that during the civil war, the Union counterfeited Confederate currency and deliberately gave it away in the South to cause massive inflation
v1xkx TIL that the initial prints of the painting "Under the Wave off Kanagawa" (AKA The Great Wave) had a pink sky, however, due to light exposure damaging many of the prints, the pink has faded away