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TIL that January 16th is national do nothing day in the US

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W7kWN TIL that Toyota is headquartered in the city of Toyota, Japan and was founded there, but is not named after the city. In fact, the city (originally called Koromo) renamed itself after the company in 1959, because Toyota had become so famous.
GA6PJ TIL that Hurricane by Bob Dylan, A protest song about a black man falsely trialed has led to protest about the case, which resulted in overturn of the case and the release of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
d89GB TIL although the breakaway basketball rim (a rim that contains a hinge and a spring to prevent the glass backboard from shattering) became a a required equipment upgrade in 1982, Shaquille O'Neal dunked so hard that he still broke the rims off its supports.
nwP7 TIL Nobel Prize-winning Yale University professor Robert Shiller wrote two books: one predicted the dot-com bubble and the other, the housing bubble.
ANoWl TIL the six Tongan castaways were able to keep a fire burning continuously for more than 12 of the 15 months they spent marooned on a deserted island in 1965 after one of the boys named Stephen (who would go on to become an engineer), had managed to use two sticks to start one.