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TIL that the Giants and Dodgers used to be based in New York and Brooklyn respectively. For different reasons they both coincidentally moved to the West Coast around the same time, continuing their same-state rivalry

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LkMn9 TIL Terry Crews received a scholarship to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, a prestigious art school. His first job in entertainment was drawing courtroom sketches for the worst murder case in Flint, Michigan history. The murder who had killed six people was also named Terry.
4XK1w TIL The vast majority of the worlds party glitter is bought by a an unknown cooperation for completely unknown purposes. When a NYT investigated, she was completely stonewalled and was only told that she would never guess it and would not know it was glitter if she saw it in use.
KOBMJ TIL Andes Chocolate Mints was founded by George Andrew Kanelos and originally named Andy's Candies. Male customers disliked gifting candy that had another man's name to their wives and/or girlfriends, so Andrew changed the name.
8aelL TIL Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins owns National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
oB4Yo TIL soon after US President Andrew Jackson was elected, he was given a 630kg (1,400lb) block of cheese from Oswego(NY). Jackson kept this cheese in the White House for his entire term, leaving the home smelling of 4 year old cheese for months after he was replaced by Martin Van Buren in 1837.