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TIL the tetris theme song was based off a russian folk song.
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TIL that US ski jumper Anders Haugen finished 4th at the 1924 Olympics, when 50 years later a Norwegian historian discovered a scoring error was made and Haugen should have gotten the bronze medal, which was handed to him in Norway in 1974 by the daughter of the original bronze medal winner
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TIL that some physical expressions are hardwired into our genes. A study have observed that blind athletes (and blind kids) use the victory gesture (raising hands) after wining even though they have never seen anyone else do it.
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TIL the only known recording of a person born in the 18th century was a recitation of a Hamlet: "Give every man thy ear but few thy voice." The speaker was Helmuth von Moltke, a man known for saying very little.
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TIL Finland is the only country in Europe where you can legally have sex with animals
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TIL that the copyright extension on Mickey Mouse will expire in 2023 and he will then be in the public domain, unless another copyright extension is passed