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TIL: Dodgers Stadium was built on land forcibly taken from Mexican-American families

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Zp4xR TIL The hysteria around Lionel Messi joining Inter Miami means that he has his own personal bodyguard team of 50 people. It is headed up by Yasmine Cheuko who was recommended by David Beckham and follows Messi everywhere, even patrolling the touchline during games.
kPdB TIL Bill O'Reilly doubled down on the ‘tide goes in’ argument… against Stephen Hawking
ObwL TIL that in the DC universe, Santa Claus is a powerful 1800 year old immortal entity whose bone dust was once snorted like cocaine by John Constantine.
KYr9J TIL Emperor Nero added events such as poetry, singing, acting and playing the lyre into the Olympics in 67 AD and declared himself the winner in all of them. He also 'claimed' victory in four-horse chariot race despite entering with ten horses and getting injured when he was thrown from his chariot.
5Y5PB TIL that Porphyria, a collection of diseases where symptoms include severe sun sensitivity, prominent canine teeth and peculiar behaviour, is thought to be the basis of the vampire legend