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Today I learned Dawson's Creek is Blacker than 90210, What's Blacker? Episode 1

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gpl8 TIL Abuse of the smoke signal is known to have contributed to the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty, 8th century BCE. King You of Zhou had a habit of fooling his warlords with false warning beacons in order to amuse his queen. When an actual rebellion occurred, no one came to the aid of the king.
yVN8l TIL: In South Korea, some stores carry "one a day" bananas which are packaged in order of ripeness
BA4y TIL Usain Bolt got offered track scholarships from many American colleges but turned them down to train in his homeland, Jamaica.
D1Vpp TIL when you ask Siri to rap instead of singing “boots and cats” she raps about washing your hands for 20 seconds so you know how long to scrub.
WkjYX TIL that four months before his infamous match against Billie Jean King, 55-year old Bobby Riggs played against the top-ranked female tennis player at the time, Margaret Court. He won easily in straight sets: 6-2, 6-1