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TIL about the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme, which seeks to preserve the "documentary heritage" of humanity. Included are archives for: cuneiform tablets, the Battle of the Somme, records of smallpox eradication, Beethoven's Ninth, and so much more.

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QRZL TIL Laron Syndrome, a type of dwarfism, makes its carriers immune to diabetes and cancer.
W7Z7X TIL in 2008 and 2015, unmarked mass graves of were discovered in Michigan. They were from Northwest Orient 2501, a plane that vanished over Lake Michigan. Some debris was found, but the wreckage was never recovered. Some body parts were recovered and then buried in these graves.
EJeV TIL Usain Bolt has never won a bronze medal in major competition. He has 16 golds and two silvers to his name.
GAog1 TIL that Jackie Wilson always kissed the least attractive girl in the audience. He believed that by doing so, everyone would think they could have him and keep coming back to buy his records.
a88nL TIL that the official Hitler sent to coerce fascist Spain into joining the Axis in WWII was secretly opposed to Nazism. Unsurprisingly, he did not convince Spain to join the war. After the war, the Spanish government gave his widow a pension in gratitude.