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TIL That during Eurovision 1978 the Jordanian broadcaster censored the Israeli performance, instead showing pictures of flowers. When it became apparent that Israel would win, the broadcast was cut off and it was announced that Belgium had won instead.

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GYEXG TIL Congress has met outside Washington DC twice since 1800: July 16, 1987, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of ratification of the Constitution, & at Federal Hall in New York on September 11, 2002, to mark the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
a86Eo TIL today in 1895, the Japanese violently slayed Empress Myeongseong (aka Queen Min) of Joseon Korea. She was an intelligent woman and the most important reformist in Joseon court. Western historians later describe the act "unspeakably barbaric"
BrbBK TIL that Ian Thomas (musician best known for "Painted Ladies") and Dave Thomas (best known as Doug Mackenzie of "Bob & Doug Mackenzie" fame) are brothers.
kX7B TIL that often times before a person dies from hypothermia, they experience a burst of extreme heat and it causes them to undress themselves. This is known as paradoxical undressing.
166V TIL Brian Eno created the Windows 95 start-up music on an Apple computer. “I wrote it on a Mac. I’ve never used a PC in my life; I don’t like them”.