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TIL that American football was invented in Canada

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W7rX8 TIL the longest game in professional baseball history was a Triple A game, the Pawtucket Paw Sox vs. Rochester Red Wings. It lasted 33 innings, 8 hours, and 25 minutes. Future MLB Hall of Famers Cal Ripken, Jr. and Wade Boggs played in the game as well.
wp6Y TIL Carl Sagan has a number named after him. Sagan’s number is approximately 300 sextellion and refers to the number of stars in the universe.
D1aMv TIL of a Greek wedding tradition that brides write the names of their single girlfriends on the bottom of their wedding day shoes, and the first woman’s name to be erased will be the next to get married.
l7XZG TIL James Hepburn was the third husband of Mary Queen of Scots. He fled to Denmark to escape arrest, but he was imprisoned in Malmo castle. Years after his death, it was found the sea air preserved his body, and his corpse put on display in a museum.
Wlr4 TIL the neo-noir crime thriller movie Training Day was filmed on site, in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Los Angeles, in order to give it an authentic feel. Nearly all the gang members in the movie are gang members in real life.