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TIL Can't open the trunk without the key by using a nail gun

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rRgyy TIL that during the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Spain cheated their way to winning gold medals in basketball as 10 out of the 12 players on the team weren't disabled.
OGVZX TIL that in 1988 with the 1,390th pick, the Dodger's drafted Mike Piazza because the manager of the team owed a favor to Piazza's father. Piazza ended up playing in the league for 16 years and is regarded as one of the best offensive catchers in baseball history.
JYKE4 TIL the inventor of the functional component of the Magic 8-Ball was inspired by a spirit writing device used by his mother, a clairvoyant.
RwQ8 TIL there are Catholic Patron Saints for caterpillars, astronauts, hardware stores, invincible people, things that go BOOM, the fear of wasps, coffee houses, unattractive people, TV writers, taking exams, and the Internet
4XQog TIL that Koi carps bread outside of Japan live on average 15 years, while the average age of Japanese koi is 40 years and the oldest recorded lifespan is 226 years (the Koi named Hanako lived from 1751 to 1977).