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TIL that Champion U.S.A. invented hoodie in 1930s and marketed to laborers working in freezing temperatures in upstate New York

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ANYkg TIL mIRC still exists and being updated, last one came out 2 months ago.
6EN0Z TIL NASA astronauts renamed the penis sleeve for urinating in space suits from “small, medium, and large” to “extra large, immense, and unbelievable.”
p8g5N TIL the Gendarmerie of Haiti, the collaborationist police-force raised by the USA during its occupation of Haiti in the early 1900s, sent a rifle team of indigenous gendarmes to the 1924 Olympics. The team won the nation's first-ever Olympic medal, a bronze, in the team free rifle event.
4rpN TIL in Netherlands, there is an actual word for whipping out one’s penis and hitting something with it. And in 2008, it was voted word of the year.
v1P07 TIL that Chinatown is one of the coolest, most "chill" places to hang out. Visit your local Chinatown!