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TIL that the Padres baseball team has kept a handicapped player on the team for over 20 years so he doesn’t lose health insurance.

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WkEAo TIL that Prince William and Prince Harry pulled a prank on their grandmother the Queen, by changing her voicemail answering message to say, "Hey wassup! This is Liz. Sorry I'm away from the throne. For a hotline to Philip, press one. For Charles, press two. And for the corgis, press three."
ErpP TIL if you’re born on an international flight, your place of birth is listed as ‘born at sea’ on your passport.
gJwW TIL that in 1947, the US War Department released a short film about how racist and bigoted demagogy allowed the Nazis to rise to power in Germany, and warns Americans not to fall for similar demagogy propagated by American racists and bigots.