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9YndX TIL that all the golf holes in Wii sports are 3D versions of NES golf
R5757 TIL that Oliver Sipple was a former US Marine who intervened in the assassination attempted against U.S. President Gerald Ford. This event also led to his unwilling outing and estrangement from family.
16ogd TIL that Spain had a theocratic guardianship system akin to Saudi Arabia's until 1985, granting men near-total control over their wives and daughters. Women needed their guardian's consent to open a bank account, work, or drive, and men could legally kill their female partners for extramarital sex.
4Rro TIL 15 Years ago today, Fernando Tatis made history as the only MLB Player to ever hit 2 Grand Slams in the same inning.
OG5X6 TIL that only reason why the 1987 John Hughes Thanksgiving-comedy movie “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” was rated R by the MPAA, was because in one scene, Steve Martin’s character used the word “fucking” 18 times in the span of 55 seconds.