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TIL the New York Jets have never beaten the Philadelphia Eagles. The first time they played was in 1973.

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ND56 TIL of Fabian von Schlabrendorff, a member of the German resistance against Hitler who survived the war, because while awaiting his trial, the courtroom took a direct hit from a bomb during an air raid killing the Judge, who had condemned all his of his co-conspirators to death.
gM09W TIL the United Nations defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24.
vPBDR TIL that the song “Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
ADZk7 TIL about Heinrich Kramer who, after being obsessed with a woman who rejected him sexually, went on to write Malleus Maleficarum, a book that explained how to find and destroy witches, causing the beginning of the massive witch hunt during the dark ages and the countless murders of innocents
Lvld TIL The first Japanese immigrant to the United States was known as The Wine King, and ran one of the most successful vineyards in Northern California, before his family lost it all when they were imprisoned in camps for years (interned) during WWII.