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TIL the last successful Fair catch kick in the NFL was in 1976

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jVXn TIL North Korea has developed its own scoring system for basketball. Three points for a dunk, four points for a three pointer that doesn’t touch the rim, and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds.
Br5xe TIL that despite never achieving widespread recognition as an author, Walter Tevis, the author of the book that the Netflix show Queen's Gambit is based on, had three of his six novels turned into high profile movies, and similar to Beth Harmon, struggled with addiction for much of his life.
xVR75 TIL A private German company called OTRAG was the first to attempt to commercialize space launches. They attempted launches from Zaire now the DRC in Africa.
XXDQ TIL Every pregnant woman in Finland gets delivered a Maternity Box, which includes children’s clothes and other necessary items, such as nappies, bedding, cloth, gauze towels, a blanket, crib sheets, and diapers.
BXgK TIL that as an unintended side effect of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a human free nature preserve has been created that is now acting as a valuable habitat to many endangered species, such as the Korean Tiger and Red Crowned Crane.