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TIL During the Cold War a Soviet Duty Officer whose job it was to report missile strikes to high command, dismissed satellite reports of five inbound missiles, saving the world from nuclear war.

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b6QEE TIL a teenager died while playing Run It Straight, a game branded as “the world’s fiercest, new collision sport.” It entails 2 people with no protective gear (a ball carrier & a tackler) sprinting directly towards each other creating a high-impact collision that's over 5x the force of a rugby tackle
8aERZ TIL the Soviet Union held elections seeking the appearance of democracy, but only one candidate appeared on the ballot. In 1949, Ivan Burylov, protested this absurd ritual by writing the word ‘Comedy’ on his secret ballot. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison camps for his 'crime’.
0d0EL TIL of the Kebaran culture- 21,000-13,000 BCE- hunter-gatherer-foragers who used stone tools but possessed bow and arrow technology, grain grinding tools (all stone) and who had a role in the domestication of dogs. They also used symbolic art and created markings whose purpose is not yet known.
6EY7w TIL in Pokemon Red/Blue, the remaining Pokemon that doesn't get picked by you or your rival is kept by Professor Oak. You can perform a glitch in the game to battle Professor Oak and he has that unused starter Pokemon at its final evolution along with a team of Pokemon on par with the Elite 4's.
aQZZ TIL of Lily Allen’s song ‘Alfie’ which is about her lazy brother and includes the lyric “"You need to get a job because the bills need to get paid”. Today her brother is more relevant than she ever was and is best known for his role as Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones.