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TIL after Montreal Canadiens fans booed the US national anthem during the 2004 Hockey Playoffs, Boston Bruins fans responded by giving the Canadian National Anthem a standing ovation.

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kOQo7 TIL Ronald Regan used the slogan "Lets make America great again" in his 1980 presidential campaign.
N7E48 TIL in 1578, the king of Portugal launched a crusade against Morocco. The crusade ended with a single battle wherein the king of Portugal, the sultan of Morocco, and the previously deposed sultan of Morocco all died.
WkOZX TIL that University College in London created a tube map showing the average life expectancy of those born near each train station. Some born just 1 stop apart had differences of over a decade.
7rpxp TIL the US Govt. used shell companies to import Titanium from the Soviet Union, to build the Blackbird SR-71, so they could spy on the Soviet Union
9wVyX TIL Ruth Snyder was executed by electric chair on January 12, 1928. She was secretly photographed mid-execution, which became the first photo of an execution by electric chair printed in media.