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TIL that Shakespeare started yo mama jokes.

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vP517 TIL that crustless bread was used as an eraser during the Japanese Meiji era (1868–1912). Since there was no restriction, it was often used to partially satiate hunger.
OoKwX TIL The day Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom, a dance was previously scheduled for 7p. The dance was allowed to happen as scheduled with the bullets still in the wall, completely compromising the crime scene.
oRBko TIL the producer of the Sonic games Yuji Naka was visiting an American studio and said in his native Japanese how he was going to poach their game engine to use for Sonic Adventure. The game was cancelled because most of the development team spoke Japanese and quit on the spot in disgust.
gkA9 TIL Russians buy baseball bats almost exclusively for violent purposes such as resolving traffic disputes, to the point car salons have begun selling bats, and 500,000 baseball bats were sold while only one baseball total was sold in all of Russia during 2014.
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