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TIL Freddy Mercury took Lady Di to a gay bar…

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e6DD TIL a 22 years old guy is the No. 1 ranked chess player in the world. His peak rating is 2872, the highest in history.
mxBDE TIL That my country Canada interred over 90% of Japanese Canadians residing in British Columbia during WWII. The majority of these 22,000 people were Canadian by birth. Measures were paid for in part by seizure and sale of the property of those interred and were not lifted until 1949.
Lkmdr TIL, the first TV commercial was 10 second ad for Bulova Watch Company on July 1st, 1941.
gQx4 TIL that the price of a bottle of Coca-Cola stayed at a nickel for over 70 years. As a result, vending machines only took nickels, and before raising prices to a dime the president of the company asked President Eisenhower to mint 7.5 cent coins to keep the increase reasonable.
6E15l TIL the first year basketball was played in the Olympics was during the 1936 Berlin games and was played outdoors on a dirt/clay court designed for tennis. During the gold medal game played between USA and Canada it rained 2" and both teams only managed to score 8 points combined in the 2nd half.