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TIL a spelling mistake on Dwyane Wade's birth certificate listed his first name as "Dwyane", which his parents kept

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prpb TIL Laura Buxton, a 10 year old girl, released a balloon with at note where she had written “Please return to Laura Buxton,” and on the other side, her home address. The note was found and returned by another 10 year old named Laura Buxton who seemed almost like her twin.
jVla TIL Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the web
0YG1 TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was “Moon”
aweVN TIL On average, golf balls contain between 300 and 500 dimples across their surface. Balls with more dimples have less drag and go further.
xROg TIL that 20/20 vision isn’t actually “perfect”, and that professional baseball players average around 20/12 vision; greater acuity than conventional eye charts test for.