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TIL Matthew Perry Was Once a Top-Ranked Junior Tennis Player in Canada

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P1lVg TIL that Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym used by writer Washington Irving in his satirical first novel A History of New York, inspired the name used to describe Dutch settlers, Manhattanites, and a type of baggy trousers, along with the name of the New York Knicks NBA team.
AN07a TIL that to save the Hawaiian culture and people from disappearing, Kalākaua, the last king of the Hawaiian kingdom, went on a world tour in 1881, and travelled to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, and he became the first reigning monarch to circumnavigate the globe.
NkPE TIL the UK is the only country not required to name itself on its postage stamps.
e0nBJ TIL calico cats are almost always female, and orange cats are almost always male.
7rE5p TIL cupped pepperoni slices have a predetermined direction to form their cups, but the direction of heat from your oven overrides their natural tendencies