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

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mxLep TIL Cross River gorillas are the rarest of all great apes and were unknown to scientists until the early 20th century. They were forgotten, then “rediscovered” after scientists had believed the gorillas had become extinct
78B7 TIL a junior high basketball game ended with a score of 139-8. The winning team’s points were all scored by one player.
ANGpo TIL tourists often get lost on their way to visit Auschwitz in Poland, because the name is absent from both the nearby bus stop and train station.
xnbD TIL that Ouija boards work because of the Ideomotor effect, which is when someone moves themselves or an object without consciously knowing it.
BgMMx TIL Fred Durst was a break dance champion.