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TIL that Phoenix is the only city to have a complete “sports equinox”, when all four major sports teams from a city play on the same day. On November 4th, 2001 the Cardinals (NFL), the Coyotes (NHL), and the Suns (NBA) all lost, while the Diamondbacks won game 7 of the World Series.

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oBNP8 TIL The meaning of the Military term Hooah is an acronym for HUA = Heard, Understood, Acknowledged
0dQGN TIL Heather Mills poured a pitcher of water over Paul McCartney’s lawyer during their divorce trial
woYj6 TIL The “space jellyfish phenomenon” occurs when a rocket lifts off in the hours around dawn or dusk and creates a Medusa’s Bell shaped plume of gas.
wL0d8 TIL that the Dana-Farber Institute is supported financially by the National Cancer Institute. Many of Dana-Farber’s research faculty members also hold positions at Harvard University. Essentially, taxpayer money is helping finance research at Harvard.
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