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TIL If you shuffle a deck of cards perfectly (aka "a Faro shuffle") eight consecutive times, it will return to its original state

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wOKP TIL that Freddie Mercury is celebrated in Iran, a country where homosexuality is illegal, and that Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the 1st rock song officially approved post-revolution since he calls for God in Arabic (“Bismillah! We will not let you go”) to help regain his soul from Shaitan.
eWvb TIL a plant was modified to grow potatoes and tomatoes and is called “ketchup-n-fries”
l7BwK TIL the cost of attending an NFL game has risen around 4x the rate of inflation over the last 30 years
ANaVa TIL most illustrations of the nursery rhyme London Bridge is Falling Down show Tower Bridge instead.
9Yx8Q TIL A button-up shirt refers to any shirt that buttons up the front. A button-down shirt refers to the collar of a button-up shirt. If the collar can be fastened to the shirt via buttons, then it’s a button-down shirt.