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TIL Tiger Woods is only 1/16th African-American and 75% Asian.

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loYjK TIL Denver, Colorado is the only city to be awarded the Olympic Games to reject them.
5Vrw8 TIL that Bing Russell (Kurt Russell’s dad), as owner of the Portland Mavericks, banned corporate sponsors and hired pro baseball’s first female and Asian American GMs. His motto was fun.
VjaD TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman’s words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don’t want these. Give me big shoes.” Nike responded back saying “We thought nobody in America would know what he said.”
XN9P TIL the biggest cashew tree in the world covers an area of about 80,000 square feet and produces over 60,000 fruits each year. The tree gets its size from two genetic issues, which allow branches to grow outwards instead of upwards, taking new roots when touching the ground.
JdRj TIL when Mark Wahlberg was 16, “he was charged with attempted murder for beating a Vietnamese refugee with a metal hook, leaving the victim blind. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but served just 45 days.”