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TIL Adidas is pronounced very differently in Europe and the UK compared to what I've heard in the USA!

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R74Rw TIL worth £2 million, Lampy is the oldest garden gnome in existence, made in 1847. There had been 21 of them, but the original owner's daughter hated them and tried to remove them all. She missed this one.
AYww TIL in 1988 William C. Rogers III, the captain of the USS Vincennes, shot down a civilian airliner after mistaking it for an Iranian Air Force Tomcat. 290 people died. He later got the Legion of Merit for his “outstanding service”
WPRL TIL in addition to Buckshot and Bird shot there is also Rat shot. A small calliber bullet cartridge that can be loaded into handguns and rifles to be used as a low power shotgun round effective for killing small pests and birds without damaging buildings.
Op8a TIL Muhammad Ali once spoke at a KKK rally where he stated that Nation Of Islam, and he himself, also shared their ideals on racial segregation
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