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TIL OJ Simpson’s Player of the Year trophy was bought by a man who melted it down to make pins for people who donated to battered women’s shelters.

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KO06J TIL A 22 year old Chinese man known as 'C' his whole life was denied the right to continue using his name. The Chinese government does not recognise Latin characters. He could not provide evidence of the letter 'C' being in the National Chinese Standards of Letters and Symbols.
857b TIL - Drinking 2 cups of coffee daily has been found to drop the risk of suicide by 50% compared to non-coffee drinkers.
4krxN TIL Tug of war was featured at the Summer Olympics 1900 to 1920.
Oo8r7 TIL: That there is a book called Becoming Batman: The possibility of a superhero, written by a neuroscientist which covers in derail how much an ordinary person would need to train and adapt to become Batman
wQwP TIL in ancient Rome 1 pound of Tyrian purple dye cost 3 pounds of gold because it took 10,000 shellfish to produce 1 gram of it.