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TIL for nearly 15 years, the NCAA banned South Carolina from hosting any of their tournaments due to a Confederate Flag being flown at the state capitol.

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KYL44 TIL about baby cages. The first commercial patent for a baby cage was filed in 1922 by Emma Read of Spokane, Washington.
5Y1lQ TIL Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) is both the most expensive European and independent film ever made.
x9xg TIL The James Randi Educational Foundation will pay $1,000,000 to any person who demonstrates any psychic, supernatural, or paranormal ability under satisfactory observation. In the 50 years it’s been running, no one has passed the preliminary test.
OGQWg TIL Frank Zappa told Alice Cooper to come audition for his record label at 7:00. Alice Cooper misunderstood and showed up at 7:00AM, which impressed Frank Zappa enough to sign them two three album deal.
R74Z8 TIL that women’s shirt buttons were on the left because they were meant to be buttoned by others (maids for wealthy women back then).