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TIL it is possible to record 4 outs in a half inning of baseball. Thanks Snapple!

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mj0R TIL that human zoos were a popular attraction throughout Europe and the United States as late as the 1950s. These attractions depicted africans and american natives as wild animals; some allowed spectators to throw bananas into the cages to feed the “savages.” NSFW
gMgW9 TIL that the US once spent $1.3 million dollars to see if beer koozies really worked
X0058 TIL Former Detroit Tiger broadcasters Rod Allen and Mario Impemba both lost their jobs in 2018 after working together for 16 years after a post game altercation over a chair.
jjXa TIL Robin Williams called and told jokes to Steven Spielberg every two weeks during the filming of Schindler’s List to cheer him up.
bZPE TIL that Key West once seceded, declared war on the US, surrendered after one minute, and applied for a billion dollars in foreign aid in order to protest a border patrol roadblock.