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TIL: When Sammy Davis Jr. took a swim in the pool at the New Frontier hotel & casino in Las Vegas in 1952, they drained the pool when he was done.

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mjlO TIL the longest jail term in the US to a single person on multiple counts was to Oklahoma child rapist Charles Scott Robinson in 1994. He was sentenced to a total of 30,000 years, 5,000 years for each of the six counts against him.
QNdrX TIL that the kiwifruit(or kiwi) came from China, originally called Chinese gooseberry. The fruit was introduced to New Zealand in 1904 and got the popular name in 1959.
BxQx TIL that if we sort known planets (including extrasolar) by standard primary habitability, Earth is only fifth
OGg1g TIL The Emperor of Japan during WWII, Hirohito officially boycotted going to Yasukuni Shrine after finding out that war criminals were inshrined there. This “boycott” has been continued by every subsequent Emperor & royal family member.
awKQM Today I learned New Zealand built one of the worst tanks in history. It was made with metal roofing, had no cannon, was un-used in combat and was publicly ridiculed, even in New Zealand.