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TIL the modern Rotisserie-style fantasy baseball league originated in 1980 when New York journalists created “Rotisserie League Baseball” during weekly dinners at La Rotisserie Française, using real MLB stats to determine the winner.

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D10kj TIL Jay Leno has never spent a penny of his “The Tonight Show” income. He has always worked two jobs and spent the lesser of the two incomes. To date, he has saved every penny from his time as a host. He owns all his cars and buildings and bought them with his secondary income.
GYVE1 TIL of slope point, the southernmost point of new Zealand. The wind in this area is so strong that trees grow almost sideways.
P1wJ TIL The New York Times wrote an article about each individual September 11th victim.
x6byk TIL that Apollo 8 astronauts Jim Lovell and William Anders are the earliest living recipients of Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" award, having been selected by the magazine for its 1968 issue
ANBKx TIL the hit song "You're Beautiful" (2004) by James Blunt was voted as the most irritating track ever in a survey and featured in various lists of worst songs ever. Blunt himself issued a public apology for the record's overexposure, which he blamed on the record company's promotion techniques.