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TIL the show Unsolved Mysteries actually solved 360 mysteries.

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WkQ6L TIL in 1989, billionaire Richard Branson released a hot air balloon shaped like a UFO and hired a midget dressed as E.T. to scare people when it landed.
LkmPv TIL Henry Heimlich used “slick tactics” and “intimidation” to get support for the Heimlich Maneuver. Outside of the US, the recommended first aid for choking is to perform sharp blows to the back.
4kNM5 TIL Mt. Thor on Baffin Island, Canada, has Earth’s greatest sheer vertical drop (4,101 feet).You can take one step off the peak and fall nearly a mile before you hit anything.
b6MZ TIL That Excess Soy Consumption Has Been Linked With ADD/ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Dementia, and Seizures
VBXNp TIL there were Arctic Dinosaurs and that Dinosaurs were neither cold or warm blooded.