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TIL in the 1960’s oilmen would shoot flaming arrows to relight gas tower flames.

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6EkkZ TIL The two most common recorders that beginners learn to play are soprano and alto. The majority of Baroque sonata literature for the "flute" was actually composed for the alto recorder
6EaMZ TIL that the St. Stephen's Green public park in Dublin, Ireland has a section of garden for the blind, with scented plants that can withstand handling and signs written in Braille.
BGBD TIL On June 6, 2013, John Malkovich saved a 77-year-old man’s life after the man tripped in the streets of Toronto and slashed his throat on scaffolding as he fell. Malkovich applied pressure to the man’s neck before the man was rushed to a hospital, where he received stitches.
Z8NEB TIL that the gang members in GTA V are voiced by actual gang members in real life
XEWgk TIL the longest-running video game series is, by far: The Oregon Trail. First published in 1971 by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, it beats out the next series (Pac-Man) by almost a decade.