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TIL in an act of revenge after Miyamoto Musashi beat the two heirs of Yoshioka school in one-on-one combat, the entire school sent bowmen, gunmen and swordmen after him. Musashi responded by ambushing them, killing their figurehead leader and getting away.

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0d4by TIL from 1965 to 1998, the most popular way Gatorade was packaged was in glass bottles. After this, plastic bottles became the most popular form of packaging due to safety reasons (no glass shattering), being more lightweight, cheaper, and was seen as more environmentally friendly due to recycling.
Wb7Y TIL there are two houses in Florida that share a backyard fence, but the shortest driving route between them takes 20 minutes and traverses more than 7 miles.
WkONN TIL that Ricky Gervais was the lead singer of a new wave pop duo in the 1980s called Seona Dancing.
g1o9 TIL that there isn’t a single McDonalds chain in Iceland
gMZVy TIL that when the host of "Candid Camera" Allen Funt was on a flight that was highjacked, passengers recognized him and thought the it was all just a joke for the show. Despite his insistence that the hijacking was real, no one believed him until the plane landed in Cuba.