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Today I learned of the Summer Koshien, a national high school baseball tournament in Japan, which is the most watched sporting event in the country.

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nWooo TIL the author of the Gesta Hungarorum, "The Deeds of the Hungarians" - the oldest history about Hungarians written by a Hungarian at some point in the early 13th century - is known only as "P" and "Anonymus". This "Anonymus" writer worked in King Béla's court (likely Béla III).
GY8gG TIL that Disneyland and Disney World are "national defense airspace" no-fly zones, and have been since 2003.
yQdyX TIL That Rainbows can be produced by moonlight and are then called Moonbows
9wpnr TIL cheese has morphine-like compound named casomorphin
6j7Q TIL some people in the USA modify their cars to produce thick black diesel smoke to protest/annoy cyclists and environmentalist. It’s called ‘Rolling Coal’