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TIL "Baseball is so popular in Japan that many new Japanese fans are surprised to learn that Americans also consider it their 'national sport'"

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OwA6 TIL The last united states aircraft to be shot down in combat was by another united states aircraft
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4x9a TIL that Vietnam War protesters used tethered helium balloons to ward off government helicopters that were sent to disrupt their outdoor concert.
RED6 TIL that the Guinness World Records stopped awarding records to the fattest animal to avoid forced over eating
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