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TIL the 2024 Summer Olympics will include a breakdancing competition.

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vL0L TIL Fake smiling causes real happiness
oBA0r TIL the tabletop game Subbuteo was so called because it’s creator, Peter Adolph, was denied the trademark to call it ‘Hobby’ and so use the neo-classical term for the Eurasian Hobby bird (Falco Subbuteo).
6EWl TIL In 1937 a pharmaceutical company marketed, without prior testing, an antibiotic made using a known poison as a solvent, causing the death of over 100 people and the birth of the FDA
6E0lW TIL the chance of being born in a first world or developed country is 17%. 83% of people will be born in places with poor living conditions.
5xor TIL that Hitler’s plan for Moscow was to kill all residents and replace it with a lake