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TIL: The rivalry between Adidas and Puma became so fierce that the German town of Herzogenaurach (where both companies had their HQs) became known as "the town of bent necks", as no local would start a conversation with another without first looking down to check which firm's shoes they were wearing

XEg6E TIL the 1979 Sears catalog sold a corner pool table
NkeQ TIL a boy born without a brain lived over 12 years before passing away.
717 TIL that 99% of Estonians have blue eyes.
4kAX TIL white chocolate isn’t technically chocolate, as it contains no cocoa solids or cocoa liquor.
8a04Z TIL that Madagascar has an animal called tenrec that looks exactly like a hedgehog, but are completely different animals