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TIL the first truly wireless earbuds did not come out until 2015

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jWVj TIL the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence was wrongly convicted child murderer Kirk Bloodsworth in 1993. Ten years later, Bloodsworth discovered the actual killer had been incarcerated just one cell block beneath him
YRR7 TIL that each Oscar Award loser receives a consolation bag of goodies. This year’s “goodie bag” was worth $48,000.
KOaAJ TIL The NBA record for most rebounds in a single game is held by Wilt Chamberlain, with 55 rebounds. His opponent in that game was Bill Russell.
KYmbw TIL of Cockney rhyming slang, a form of word construction where words are matched with rhyming pairs and then the rhyming word dropped to create synonym for the original word. So ‘fart’ rhymes with ‘raspberry tart’, which becomes just ‘raspberry’ as in ‘blow a raspberry’
4k0Ga TIL a toy boat sold for price of a real one at auction