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TIL ESPN used to show Magic: The Gathering tournaments.

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vPXBR TIL During WW2, Juan Pujol Garcia, an apparent Spanish businessman, played a role in convincing the Nazis that the Allies were planning to stage the majority of the landings in Pas de Calais, rather than the Normandy coast. Garcia was working for the British intel., who referred to him as Garbo
Zpmr4 TIL that Lee Greenwood, singer and songwriter of “God Bless the USA” (also known as “Proud to be an American”) also wrote a Canadian version called “God Bless You Canada” that is exactly the same tune, just slightly different lyrics.
d8Rg8 TIL babies were not anesthetized during surgery until the early eighties
v1VPL TIL A man has named Uzi Nissan has held the rights to Nissan.com for over 20 years despite Nissan Motors attempts to acquire the domain
9w06M TIL of the 118 elements, 19 are named after 20 people. Only Seaborg and Oganessian were honored with elements while still alive, and Oganessian is the only one still living. Proposals to name elements for Einstein and Fermi came during their lifetimes, but they had passed before it became official.