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TIL Hoka shoes were initially designed for downhill running and are named after the Māori language phrase meaning "to fly"

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p8KwZ TIL The Umbrella Academy comic was written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance
ZQWv TIL When “Persia” became “Iran” in 1935, The suggestion for the change is said to have come from the Iranian ambassador to Germany, who came under the influence of the Nazis. The name Iran means land of the Aryans.
AQJB TIL that when Wilt Chamberlain became the first NBA player to earn $100,000 in salary, longtime rival Bill Russel demanded his own salary be raised to $100,001. His salary was immediately raised.
QNX86 TIL that at the height of the Napoleonic wars, the British and French navies allowed ships carrying new rose varieties for Josephine Bonaparte to pass through the blockade
lonW1 TIL in 1976, a mule named Lord Fauntleroy beat 200 horses in the 3,500-mile Great American Horse Race. Along the way, Norton, the mule’s rider, would often stop to help other riders, beat everyone by 10 hours, and retired with the $25,000 prize while calling himself the “Great American Horseman.”