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TIL The Los Angeles Dodgers got their name due to fans having to dodge Brooklyn's complex network of trolley cars, which killed over 130 people in the first 3 years of operation. With horse drawn trolleys, the horse would stop. The all new electric trolley cars, however, would plow right over you.

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NX0OE TIL People who work with cockroaches often develop an allergic reaction to the insects and at the same time develop an allergic reaction to pre-ground coffee from the insects which also get ground with the beans at the factory.
5JZR TIL Pres Nixon invited Johnny Cash to perform 2 songs at the White House that deride hippy culture & welfare queens. Cash accepted the invite but instead played “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” (a mistreated Native American WWII vet), “What Is Truth” (pro-hippy), & “Man in Black” (anti-income inequality)
MpMK TIL In 1942 The Japanese (led by Gen. Imamura) fed 200 American POW’s to the sharks off Java Island in what became known as the Pig Basket Atrocities
4956 TIL Murder rates of women in Turkey have gone up 1400% since the current ruling party, Justice and Development Party came into power.
M70LA TIL Walter Orthmann (Brazil) has been working at the same company for 84 years and 9 days, as verified on 6 January 2022.