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TIL In 2009, a US postal worker on disability was busted when she went on “The Price is Right” TV game show and was seen miraculously spinning the ‘Big Wheel’

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OGon7 TIL Charles Mason, of the famous Mason-Dixon line, was an accomplished astronomer who recorded the transit of Venus in 1761 and developed a Lunar Table in attempt to solve the Longitude Problem.
LkmBV TIL an immune disease named Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is suspected of being an underlying cause of most of the historical accounts of demonic possession
4XM6o TIL Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three MONTHS, not seconds, and can distinguish between different shapes, colors and sounds. By using positive reinforcement, goldfish can be trained to recognize and to react to light signals of different colors or to perform tricks.
woxAW TIL of boxer Billy Graham who held the distinction of not only defeating Sugar Ray Robinson as an amateur, but also of never having been knocked down in 126 fights.
1Xp7 TIL that Canada won the last ever Olympic Lacrosse Gold Medal, in 1908, and are therefore still the reigning Champions. In fact, they are the ONLY gold medalists ever in the sport.