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TIL Sandra Bullock is fluent in German
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TIL there is a city in Washington named 'George'. Every year, George, Washington celebrates the 4th of July by baking the world's largest cherry pie.
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TIL that two soviet pilots made a bet to essentially blindfold themselves on touchdown, curtaining all the windows so they couldn't see. The plane then crashed, killing 70 of the 94 passengers and crew on board. One pilot died, the other served only 6 years in prison.
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TIL that Gary Larson creator of the Far Side comic has started making new Far Side comics since his retirement back in ‘95!
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TIL that in apartheid South Africa, a bus driver was fired for refusing to pick up a Japanese man (considered white at the time), but was reinstated after he stated he couldn't tell the difference between a Japanese person (white) and a Chinese person (not white).
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TIL that in 1998, Sony released a camcorder that had "night vision" capabilities using infrared. The same infrared technology allowed the camera to see through people's clothes. 700,000 camcorders were sold before they were recalled.