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TIL during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, two African American sprinters beat the Nazis in the 200 meter dash: Jesse Owens and Mack Robinson- the older brother of baseball legend Jackie Robinson

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dNaj TIL a persian astronomer discovered Andromeda Galaxy way back in 964 AD
JY17V TIL Kool-Aid was originally marketed as "Fruit Smack."
ZpGDv TIL about the ‘cat organ,’ a hypothetical musical instrument consisting of a line of cats with their tails stretched out underneath a keyboard, causing them to cry out when a key is pressed.
d8On9 TIL that in 427BC Athens sent a ship to Mytilene which had instructions to kill all adult men in the city-state. The next day, Athenians voted to change their decision - a second ship was dispatched. Racing through the night, it reached Mytilene just in time to prevent the massacre from happening.
yMPV TIL of a statistician who discovered the outside of a particular scratch-off lottery game was non random. He could correctly predict a winning ticket 90% of the time.