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TIL in June 2014, Sports Illustrated predicted the 2017 Houston Astros would win the World Series

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xVMY7 TIL that the 0.56% unpure part of Ivory soap consisted of uncombined alkali, carbonates and mineral matter. The rest is all fatty acids and combined alkali.
6EBL8 TIL Pope Urban VII was the shortest serving Pope in history; living only 12 days after his election. In his short reign, he instituted the world’s first known smoking ban, threatening to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church”. He died of Malaria.
drnK TIL the film ‘Top Gun’ was made in collaboration with the Pentagon, enlistment spiked when it was released, the Navy set up recruitment tables at theaters playing the movie, and polls soon showed rising confidence in the military.
jY8X TIL Detroit has put in the most bids to host the olympics without ever hosting them
5VOPn TIL that Uruguay is considered to have won the world cup 4 times and is therefore allowed to have 4 stars on their FIFA world cup jersey