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TIL The US Senate still uses a page system. A system where it employs underage boys to run around delivering messages. It even has its own special school the boys, so they can be free to work.

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yQ6Ep TIL American-born baseball star Randy Bass left his Japanese team Hanshin Tigers to return to the US after his son was diagnosed with cancer, leading to his release for going AWOL. After Bass produced an audio tape proving he had express permission from the team, the Tigers' GM committed suicide
Ln0Q TIL Super Smash Bros, despite being over 18 years old, is still hosting tournaments and the 2 highest entry tournaments ever happened last year.
l7lnK TIL meticulous records were kept of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea from 1392 to 1865. One example of the contents is when King Taejong fell from a horse and immediately told those around him not to let a recorder know about it. Both his fall, and the subsequent command were recorded.
drWj TIL IBM coined and popularized the word hexadecimal because the correct latin word- sexadecimal- was too racy
kOyj4 TIL of the Truth about Hansel and Gretel - a book that purportedly uncovered the origins of the myth: a baker named Hans Metzler and his sister Gretel killed an old woman for her recipe for gingerbread. Wildly popular, the book was soon discovered to be a hoax