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TIL that 9 of 10 of the teams in the Korean Baseball League are named after the companies that own them, such as the Kia Tigers and the LG Twins.

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E1GoV TIL that in FY2017 New York City paid $335 million to settle 6,546 lawsuits against the NYPD
jNkEN TIL: In 1918 over 200,000 people flooded the streets of Philadelphia for a parade during a pandemic, killing more than 12,000.
PQLg TIL The Dubai Mall is the most popular place on earth, with 80 million visitors in the last 12 months.
OolOX TIL In the US from 2014-2018, an average of 19,700 patients per year went to emergency rooms because of injuries involving grills. There’s an annual average of 8,900 home fires involving grills, hibachis or barbecues.
Jayk TIL Samuel Johnson, an Englishman, said regarding the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, “How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?”