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TIL in the 1992 World Series, the US Marine Corps carried the Canadian flag into the stadium upside down.

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PAbJ TIL when the girl featured on the front cover of Vampire Weekend’s ‘Contra’ album artwork found out about the illegal use of her 26 year old photo, she sued the band. She found out when her daughter brought home a copy of the album one day.
781pZ TIL The IRS Form to request assistance from the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) when unable to resolve tax issues through normal channels is called form 911.
VMWOQ TIL that Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" was the first YouTube music video to reach 100 million views, doing so back in 2008
WkM7o TIL of Yasuke, an east african man who came into the service of Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga as a retainer in 1581 after being brought to Japan with Jesuit missionaries. When they first met Nobunaga had Yasuke's skin washed, believing it was ink only to realise that was Yasuke's natural skin colour
jZ1Q TIL a scorpion’s anus is at the end of its tail, not on its butt