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TIL that since 2008, every single winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee has been from Indian origin.

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YKYG TIL that is legal to use your feet to hit the ball in volleyball
rRMNo TIL formations called "the Devil's Corkscrew" were first found around Harrison, Nebraska, in 1891, and were once thought to be extinct forms of sea sponges, but it turns out they are actually fossilized dens of an extinct type of beaver called Palaeocastor.
BrMky TIL that about seven in 10 wealthy families lose their fortune by the second generation and by the third generation, that number has jumped to 90 percent.
jNYyp TIL professional baseball player Rupert Mills played a non-existent 1916 season for his disbanded Federal League team by showing up to the empty ballpark every day, ready to play, in order to earn his salary
kO9g7 TIL there are only 15 people who have won an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy, including John Legend.