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

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e0B84 TIL ferrets are trained and used to help pull electrical wiring through hard-to-reach places
j65Kv TIL when Olympe de Gouges argued that Louis XVI should not be executed a mob showed up at her house. When she went out to meet them someone grabbed her by her hair and started a mock auction for her head. She offered a "massive bid" which humored the crowd, and they let her go.
yQNOJ TIL that the Chinese government's official found out that ice cubes found at Chinese KFC chain were 12 times dirtier than toilet water-and 19 times the national bacteria level standard
D1AY TIL that in North Korea, the number of Internet users is only 605 (0.00%).
W77v8 TIL that on May 25, 1979 American Airlines Flight 191 crashed into an open field after the plane engine fell off during take off. This caused the plane to rotate left and fly sideways until it plunged to the ground. With 273 fatalities, it is the deadliest aviation accident in U.S. History.