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TIL that a cowboy hat's brim is curved up to prevent getting caught in the rope

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Y7vBA TIL 'the Midas touch' comes from Greek Mythology where Dionysus gave King Midas the power to turn everything into gold. King Midas soon hated this power because he inevitably turned all his food and wine into gold.
N78B6 TIL people who didn't wear masks during the 1918 flu pandemic were called 'mask slackers', and those enforcing the rules were armed, which led to gun fights and hundreds of arrests.
R5oX6 TIL that Brockton High School which has hall of fame boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler as alumni, recently requested the National Guard to step in because of the level of fistfights there.
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