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TIL the A's baseball team used to have sheep grazing in the outfield

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5VKvB TIL in Japan, some restaurants and attractions are charging higher prices for foreign tourists compared to locals to manage the increased demand without overburdening the locals
M49B TIL: Some airlines will not let an adult male passenger sit next to an unaccompanied child. British Airways was sued because of this practice and lost, admitting to sex discrimination. They have since ended the policy but other airlines still defend it.
d8GMj TIL the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image was made from a total exposure time of just under 1 million seconds and in order to observe the entire sky to the same sensitivity the telescope would need to observe continuously for a million years
neWgG TIL when Charles Manson entered prison in 1961 he entered "Scientologist" as his religion
lx4V TIL on Titan the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping “wings” attached to their arms.