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TIL that CNN has a tape recorded to broadcast as the end of the world is happening

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69YAm TIL during a soccer match in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a lightning strike killed all 11 members of the opposing team. The home team came out unharmed.
loJRN TIL that sea monsters on old maps meant dangerous waters.
DQ1WJ TIL In 1962 the French Defense Minister and Minister of Scientific Research were accidentally exposed to nuclear fallout. A subteranean nuclear bomb test in Béryl failed and the minister of defence described it as, 'a kind of gigantic blowtorch flame that started exactly horizontal in our direction'
Lw5Q TIL there was a “Fairness Doctrine” that stated that broadcasters had to present both sides of a controversial issue; it was revoked in 1985 under the basis of violation of free speech.
WjkN TIL a typical microwave oven consumes more electricity powering its digital clock than it does heating food.