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TIL that high school and college sports are a thing unique to the US and a few other countries. In most countries, people who want to play sports join local clubs.

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8e0VL TIL SAOCOM 1B is an Earth observation satellite that was launched on August 30, 2020 by the Argentine Space Agency (CONAE):
Vwe8 TIL that Yoda had a first name: Minch
b9OPp TIL "Roses are red/Violets are blue" dates back to 1590 with the lines: "In a fresh fountaine, farre from all mens vew//She bath'd her brest, the boyling heat t'allay;// She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew,// And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew."
ANkn7 TIL that Rasputin's efficacy at treating Alexei Nikolaevich's hemophilia is theorized to be due to his forbidding the use of aspirin for the boy. Aspirin, at the time, was prescribed for a myriad of ailments, but its anti-clotting effect—very adverse for hemophiliacs—was not known until much later.
5VOER TIL that in 1996, Southampton College awarded Kermit the Frog an honorary "doctorate of Amphibious Letters" in recognition for his contribution to children's education.