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TIL that the 18-year losing streak of Japanese baseball team Hanshin Tigers is tied to a popular curse that involved a Colonel Sanders statue. The statue, taken from a local KFC restaurant, was thrown into a canal by fans during their team's 1st and only championship run in the annual Japan Series.

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akYM TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien once started to write sequel to The Lord of the Rings entitled The New Shadow, but stopped only 30 pages in.
DxZJ TIL that if a kangaroo is chased by an attacker, it will run into a body of water and hold the attacker under water. In 2009, a kangaroo almost drowned a dog after it was chased into a creek. The dogs owner was then attacked when he went to the dogs rescue, receiving a deep gash to his abdomen.
KO7GQ TIL the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas was found less than four months ago, and was several thousands of years older than previously thought
xV7Z1 TIL only 400 out of the 7000 diseases classified as “rare” have an effective treatment. This fact is recognized during Rare Disease Day, which is held every year on the last day of February. This day also holds an extra special meaning on February 29 – the rarest day of the year.
OGZwX TIL: that the Atomium landmark in Belgium is modeled after an iron crystal magnified 165 million times