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TIL that Memorial Day was a practice originated by the Confederate South

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p8kAN TIL that NCAA basketball players’ numbers are required to be base 6 so that referees can signal the two numbers with fingers on each hand.
gNWX TIL a Chinese company, Ninebot Inc., made a knock off of the Segway. When Segway tried to sue them, Ninebot used the money they made from selling the knock offs to buy the company that originally made the Segway.
7ORL TIL Hugh Jackman was supposed to have a brief cameo as Wolverine in SPIDER-MAN (2002). Jackman actually showed up in New York to film the scene, but the entire plan was scrapped when the crew couldn’t get access to the Wolverine costume from X-Men.
Z8Rn4 TIL There’s a myth that these are the memories of our past life which somehow make appearance in our subconscious mind. Some scientists believe that these are the memories that are vanished off from our conscious mind.
KOyPQ TIL The consultant hired on Star Trek: Voyager for the development of the Native American Chakotay character had previously been exposed as having faked his Native American ancestry to sell books.