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TIL A German pro basketball team was relegated to a lower division due to a necessary 17-minute Windows update

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nOwB TIL Nazi spies tried infiltrating Russia in WW2 using fake passports; the passports were recognized as fraud because Russian passports use iron staples that stain the pages with rust, while Nazis used steel. During the Cold War, American spies made the same mistake
16A1O TIL about the Castle Bravo nuclear test in the Marshall Islands. The explosion was twice as big as expected, causing radiation burns and sickness to residents of nearby islands. They never received compensation by the US government.
p8gJb TIL there is a special mud collected by one family from a secret location that is used by the MLB and NFL to prepare all game balls. After Roy Chapman was killed by a baseball pitch in 1920, the MLB made it a rule to prepare all new balls with mud to remove their shine and improve grip.
N7ONM TIL that Romans had central heating.
Orn7 TIL that the London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Arizona is the same bridge that spanned the Thames river in London, England, relocated in 1968.