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TIL in an experiment, conducted by Iowa State University, the Pokewalker a toy for kids has been measured against highly advanced and modern pedometers and was actually rated as one of the best pedometers against other pedometers that are built for actual accuracy.

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ANxK7 TIL the shortest-lived "empire" in history was a restoration of the Qing Dynasty of China lasting for 11 days in July 1917. Monarchists seized Beijing and reinstated Emperor Puyi, deposed five years prior and now eleven years old, on July 1 and were pushed back out by Republican forces on July 12.
1aYA7 TIL that Ken Jennings would have lost his first game on Jeopardy if not for a technicality allowing players to write only the last name of the correct response in Final Jeopardy. Jennings went on to win 74 games and over $2.5 million, eventually becoming the show's "Greatest of All Time" contestant.
jNmVE TIL that there is a fake McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles hiding in an office park used only for TV and commercial purposes
Z8pJa TIL Babies were born without bones in the Marshall Islands following the testing of nuclear bombs by the United States in the 1950's
dmG8 TIL that in response to her husband’s infidelity, a woman from Prague decided to commit suicide by jumping from her third-story balcony. By chance she happened to land on her spouse below, cushioning her fall. She survived, but he died.