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TIL the Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards combined to shoot 45-for-45 on free throws in a November 2021 game, an NBA record for most foul shots without a miss in a game. Just five games have ever featured a perfect mark from the charity stripe.

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YpA0P TIL that until 1964, Mr. Potato Head toys were meant to be used with real potatoes. The toy was shipped with “plastic facial pieces,” which had sharp ends that had to be forcibly inserted into a potato (not included), and presented both choking and stabbing hazards for small children.
KOwrB TIL: The plaintiff in the famous “hot coffee case” offered to settle the case for $20,000 before trial, which McDonald’s refused.
N7BoE TIL that in ancient Hawaiʻi, men and women ate meals separately and women weren't allowed to eat certain foods. King Kamehameha II removed all religious laws that and performed a symbolic act by eating with the women in 1819. This is when the lūʻau parties were first created.
R7NKQ TIL Stunning electric-blue flames erupt from Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia
eWZJ TIL the mechanism behind night vision isn’t the dilation of our pupils, it’s actually a pigment known as Rhodopsin. It gets destroyed by light and takes the eye 45 minutes to replenish.