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TIL volleyball only used to allow scoring for the serving team rather than the current system which awards a point on every rally regardless of serving team

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NXpDb TIL when Starbucks was developing Pumpkin Spice Latte's, their research and development team poured espresso shots on pumpkin pies, tasting different combos to determine the best ratio of cinnamon/nutmeg to coffee/steamed milk. It wasn't until 2015 that they started putting real pumpkin in the drink
rNea4 TIL about the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th century book with very detailed instructions on how to tell if someone was a witch
Orva TIL that Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old African American girl, was the unsung hero of the Alabama Bus Boycott and desegregation of public transportation. Before Rosa Parks, Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman, citing that it was her constitutional right.
laEa TIL that Yoda was originally supposed to be portrayed by a monkey with a mask.
KOvR4 TIL that the Catholic Church is one of the wealthiest religious organizations in the world, with an "unknown" net worth