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TIL the traditional black and white soccer ball was made by Adidas in the late 60’s so that the ball could be viewed more easily on black and white television.

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8O4a TIL of black rain, a form of precipitation caused by the immediate aftermath of a nuclear detonation, in which the water is black and sticky due to radioactive materials in the air.
PYd9n TIL about the Expert Wizard Amendment, which was passed but never implemented.
6O8m TIL: JFK said this: ’… I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country’s peril.“ (and much more), in a speech given to the, American Newspaper Publishers Association, on April 27, 1961.
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8eJb TIL that there is a town in Spain where 700 people are descended from 17th century samurai who stayed there after an embassy returned to Japan. They have the surname “Japón”, which was originally “Hasekura de Japón”