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TIL that sculpting, music, painting and architecture use to be awarded medals in the Olympics between 1912 - 1948

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QN9yX TIL that during a dogfight, Pakistan shot down an Indian fighter plane. When the pilot parachuted onto the land, he asked a local boy whether he was in India or Pakistan. The boy replied that he was in India, so the pilot started chanting for India, at which point he was caught by Pakistani official
drrj TIL a high school in Chicago raised $1000 in three days by playing the song “Baby” by Justin Bieber during during passing period and having the students pay for them to stop the song.
OGZO6 TIL that Winston Churchill wrote an essay before WW2 about extraterrestrial life, and travelling to the Moon.
W7yVB TIL about De Defectibus, a set of instructions about what to do in case anything goes wrong during the Sacrement of the Eucharist, including if rats steal the bread used or if the priest dies during mass.
YpJ8Z TIL Albuterol, one of the oldest asthma medicines, typically costs $50 to $100 per inhaler in the United States, but it was less than $15 a decade ago, before it was repatented