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TIL - Sydney has a suburb called "Dee Why" - It remains unclear why.

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wm86 TIL, that the North Korean World Cup soccer fans are actually hand picked by the NK government and are also made up of Chinese volunteers since North Koreans are not allowed to travel.
Bgw9K TIL that Nova Scotia is Latin for New Scotland because the first European colonists there were Scottish. So New England is next to New Scotland.
nmdd TIL every horse that has run in the Kentucky Derby since 1990 can trace their bloodlines back to the Belle Meade Plantation (Nashville), and most came from the same sire: Bonnie Scotland
epBQk TIL that Ken Norton was such a dominant fighter that he defeated Ali in their first match, breaking his jaw. The second match Ali won. When it came to the third match, Ali won again but both Ali and Norton felt that Norton was the better boxer.
nrDB TIL that upon leaving office, President Harry S Truman chose not to be on any corporate payroll, believing that taking advantage of such financial opportunities would diminish the integrity of the nation’s highest office.