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TIL in the entire 120+ year history of Kansas University's basketball team there has been only one coach with a losing record. His name is James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.

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5Y0M9 TIL that In Japan, people do not use their signature on documents, but use their personal stamps called “Hanko” or “Inkan”.
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