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TIL of the 209 NASCAR races Danica Patrick has participated in she has never won a race.

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0aaj TIL that the photographer who took Abraham Lincoln’s photo on the $5 bill is better known for inventing a pump-action folding shotgun.
bxvN TIL Afghanistan only has one pig. His name is Khanzir
r1N0 TIL The organization (OCEARCH) that tagged 2 great white sharks off of Cape Cod in September has an interactive shark tracker on their website so you can see where Genie and Mary Lee are hanging out.
pm5e TIL that Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid) spent most of his early years in hospitals, where he was told he would never walk. Following surgery at age 11, he learned to walk; as soon as he walked out of the hospital, an FBI agent escorted him to his family… in an internment camp.
OGQaa TIL the first draft of the Portuguese republican national anthem was extremely anti-British. Part of the anthem was erased and the word "Breton" was replaced with "Cannon" in what remained.