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TIL Muhammad Ali stopped a man from trying to kill himself (by jumping off a building) and he was originally named in honor of a white abolitionist.

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A5Po TIL that every ball used in an MLB game is covered in mud that comes from a secret location in New Jersey. A man skims through riverbanks to find the mud, then refines it before it’s applied to balls. It’s called the Lena Blackburne Original Baseball Rubbing Mud
v1X1R TIL Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum (from Jack and the Beanstalk) is actually a phrase in Old Gaelic that means “Behold, I see food. It is good to eat and sufficient for my hunger”. So when the Giant sees Jack, he figuratively says “God you look good enough to eat, get in mah belly”.
9Y47B TIL: Pablo Picasso's real name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
aw44N TIL Great white sharks do not survive in captivity due to depression and refusing to be fed by humans, leading them to die of starvation. There are currently many theories on why this is. The current record for a Great White in captivity is only 44 days.
XEmNE TIL about Unsinkable Sam, a cat that managed to survive the sinking of three ships during World War 2.