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TIL that millions of US students watched the Challenger explosion live in schools

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MeVAB TIL that Michael Phelps has more Summer Olympic gold medals than 80% of countries in history even when taking into account countries that no longer exist.
vPYZ7 TIL about William English Walling, wealthy grandson of the 1880 Democratic vice presidential candidate who became a trade union socialist and co-founded the NAACP with W.E.B. Du Bois
9w5bD TIL that Glenn Gould "detest[ed] audiences" despite achieving global fame via high-profile piano performances. He would completely cease publicly performing in his early 30s.
p86Np Today I Learned that Matthew Perry (Chandler from Friends) made his debut on British television playing a shy character whose life changes for the better as he begins to charm people by throwing his dog in the air, in a show called "The Dog Thrower".
j6gPN TIL That the Kingdom of Armenia was the first state in history to adopt Christianity as its official religion.