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TIL that the United States Appeals court ruled that competitive cheerleading is not a sport

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Y7nEd TIL Aliens are real
YyJA TIL The sun will never set on the present-day British Empire, due to the smallest and most isolated of the 14 territories, the Pitcairn Islands, which only has a population of a few dozen people. Until there is an eclipse there, Britain remains the empire on which the sun never sets.
D1JaJ TIL of the Caretaker, an artist who made eerie, disorienting music that emulates dementia and memory loss. His work, "Everywhere at the End of Time" shows the progression of a "slow death of a soul" through 6 stages.
8Vl8 TIL 8 of the 10 most sold mobile phones ever are from Nokia
neZ7W TIL baseball has a “golden ticket” that gives free admission to any game. It’s given to players after 8 years in the major leagues, people who have worked for a team for 25 years, and other VIPs. NASA astronauts, returning Vietnam POWs, and the the 1979 hostages in Iran were all given one.