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TIL that the fourth-place through eighth-place finishers in an Olympic final event do not receive medals, but they do get paper “Olympic diplomas.”

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doyK TIL the morning of Super Bowl XLI, Don Mischer asked Prince if he would be ok to perform in the rain. Prince responded simply, “Can you make it rain harder”?
50Bp TIL fire hydrants are color coded to indicate the water flow in gallons per minute
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6EOyX TIL that the 1963 movie Charade went into public domain immediately upon release because producers omitted the word copyright and its symbol.