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TIL MLB pitcher Tug McGraw was asked if he preferred to play on grass or Astroturf and he responded by saying “I dunno, I never smoked any Astroturf”

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lAG7 TIL when 20th-century archaeologist Leonard Woolley excavated the temple at Ur, he found rows of neatly arranged artifacts of varying ages accompanied by inscriptions describing them: a 2500-year-old archaeological museum
a8DpZ TIL Grapes/Raisins are highly toxic to certain dogs. Even feeding your dog just one can lead to kidney failure or be fatal.
yydw TIL That a driver in Japan raced and outdrove a collapsing tunnel he was driving through, in his WRX RA.
M7Dj7 TIL Paraguay has a province named after former US President Rutherford B. Hayes. This is because Hayes arbitrated a large border dispute in 1878, granting the vast majority of the disputed land to Paraguay. Despite being mostly unknown in the US, Hayes is considered one of Paraguay's heroes.
GY76g TIL Tutankhamun had a dagger made from meteorite