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TIL Reebok has been owned by Adidas since 2005.

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Wkge9 TIL that people in the final stages of hypothermia end up trying to enter small, enclosed spaces. This is called terminal burrowing, and is believed by researchers to be an autonomous process, controlled by the brain stem.
MeaE7 TIL Mississippi set up a commission that became a de facto intelligence organization which surveilled people suspected of being anti-segregationist. The commission was eventually linked to the murder of three civil rights workers. It existed between 1956 and 1977 and profiled over 87 000 people.
W7rZX TIL that Fish and Wildlife purposefully introduced gemsbok oryx to New Mexico for exotic game hunting in 1969. Ninety three were released between 1969 and 1977, with their current population being around 3,000. They are considered invasive and are having a negative effect on the environment.
ayxy TIL some Viking runes are simply graffiti, translated as “Ingigerth is the most beautiful of all women” or “Tholfir Kolbeinsson carved these runes high up.”
g9y8 TIL It takes a native English speaker 23-24 weeks to become proficient in Spanish but 88 weeks to become proficient in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, or Korean.