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TIL The NHL was founded to get rid of a single person in it’s predecessor league, the NHA

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rRdyy TIL Stomach growling happens when muscle contractions get going, and the gas and air pockets make a lot of noise to remind you to eat
P1WWL TIL a study found that self-centered men who are argumentative & unempathetic are more likely to own a high-status car such as a BMW or Mercedes and these male drivers are the ones most likely to generally drive recklessly. No connection was found between female self-centeredness and luxury cars.
6JQJ TIL Pythagoras invented a practical joke cup that would spill wine all over a person if they filled their cup too much.
yXDa TIL there was a movie made 4 years before 9/11 that condemned the incompetency of government officials to prevent the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center towers from happening again; it’s called “Path to Paradise” (1997).
0mmN TIL the first slave owner in what would become America was black.