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TIL the first music video ever played on MTV was titled "Video Killed The Radio Star"

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vPwNB TIL that Meikayla Moore, a professional footballer who plays as a defender for the New Zealand national team, scored a hat-trick of own goals in a match against the United States in 2022. The United States coach commented that "she's incredible and ... her positioning was very [good]".
MeOJ7 TIL The US Navy has a fully simulated ocean that is 240 feet wide, 360 feet long, and holds over twelve million gallons of water.
9xPp TIL: Monet had surgery on his left eye enabling him to see ultra violet light
Z8Lwv TIL that Philip of Macedon threatened to enslave and destroy the population and city of Sparta if he won the war. The Spartans replied to him with a single word: "If".
Y7ZMx TIL: Regularly occurring bouts of retinal movements suggest an REM sleep–like state in jumping spiders | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences