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TIL: There is team attire for the Gotham Rogues, made by Under Armour

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yyAJ TIL Marilyn Manson wrote an article in 1999 after the Columbine shooting and blamed the media for making the murderers ‘celebrities’
gMkZ9 TIL of the Amazing Randi, a magician/skeptic who spent his life debunking false magicians, skeptics and con men, such as Uri Geller
9YBZB TIL About 120,000 Chinese tourists visited North Korea in 2018, compared to fewer than 5,000 Western tourists. The Chinese government also offers 60 students full scholarships to North Korean universities each year and 70 other Chinese students pay their own way there
rW0x TIL Paul Revere never actually said “The British are coming!”. The operation was meant to be conducted as discreet as possible and colonial Americans at the time still considered themselves British.
w4g1 TIL in 1907 Lawrence Luellen, a Boston lawyer, was concerned about the spread of germs due to people sharing glasses and dippers in public drinking spaces. He invented the first paper cup, dubbed the Klean Cup. 5 years later he renamed it after a popular line of toys: Dixie Dolls. Thus, Dixie Cups.