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TIL that Native Americans also used Alcatraz as a prison

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LkjjP TIL that begging in Hong Kong is illegal and has a maximum penalty of HKD 500 (USD 64) and one-year imprisonment
QJ6ad TIL in 1933, in a publicity stunt for a Mae West movie named "It ain't no Sin", a Hollywood Press Agent bought 50 parrots and had taught them to squawk "It ain't no sin!" Then the movie changed titles and the parrots were subsequently released in South America, still repeating "it ain't no sin".
yVnda TIL that Cool Whip, Tang and Pop Rocks were all invented by the same man.
lokoV TIL that there have been 4 instances in Major League Baseball history in which a player was traded for himself
jNaDj TIL that the South Korean baseball association banned players from placing a cabbage leaf under their hats during games. Except with the provision of a doctor's note in advance.