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TIL the Harlem Globetrotters had a 8,829 game win streak, ended in 1995 vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbars all star team.

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VM8Km TIL that First Lady Anna Harrison was still packing up her house in Ohio when US Pres. William Henry Harrison died on his 30th day in office. She is the only first lady to have never moved into the White House
kpyd TIL Alaska has over 3,000,000 lakes
xBPw TIL Congressman James Traficant was indicted for allegedly taking more than a $100K in bribes during his campaign for county sheriff. At trial, Traficant claimed that he was simply trying to infiltrate the Mafia. “I got inside of the Mob,” he insisted, adding, “I fucked the Mob.” He was acquitted.
OGEb7 TIL that The Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t get life insurance before their mission, so they came up with a brilliant hack: they signed hundreds of autographs. These "insurance autographs" were given to their families, who could sell them if the mission ended in tragedy.
6El1m TIL: 1$ flight that goes nowhere. It is setup by a retired aircraft engineer from India so that the poor people in India get to experience it in their life time.