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TIL that players in Indiana have the most PowerBall wins, with 39.

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Me8Wm TIL in 1959 a group of men transported a piece of iceberg from Norway to west Africa in a truck.
aw18Z TIL that the name for Director Brian Singer's production company Bad Hat Harry Productions (X-Men, The Usual Suspects, House, M.D.), and the quote that accompanies the "Vanity Card" shown at the end of a TV Show they produced, are taken from Jaws.
gGV4 TIL in 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.
6Ew7X TIL that the lyric "Annie, are you OK?" from the Michael Jackson song "Smooth Criminal" actually stems from American CPR training, in which students practise on their unresponsive plastic patient, CPR Annie who’s face was molded after a unknown girl who drowned in Paris.
kkyg TIL Facial ‘Joker’ like tattoos were worn by Ainu women as a symbol of maturity, and to ward of evil spirits.