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TIL that the football game between Miami University in Ohio and University of Miami in Florida is called The Confusion Bowl.

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1akwP TIL there is a genus of pea flower named after the clitoris (Clitoria). Apart from claims regarding its many health benefits, some bread bakers are now producing magnificent, indigo-stained loaves by incorporating a tea made from the dried petals into their doughs.
Zpnoa TIL that Phil Collins (“Genesis”), Charlotte Rampling (“The night porter”) and Pattie Boyd (George Harrison’s wife) had uncredited, small rolls in The Beatles’ 2nd movie ‘A Hard day’s Night’ (1964)
yoVp TIL Bryan Cranston played two different Power Ranger villains in 1993
jNgGM TIL that in 2018, a YouTuber named McSkillet was banned for illegally selling skins on the game CS:GO for hundreds of thousands of dollars. He used the money to buy a supercar, which he later used to commit suicide (and take 2 other lives) by driving 100 MPH the wrong way down an LA freeway.
ajEZ TIL of the Clay Belt, a large area suitable for farming in northern Ontario and Quebec. Although land is free for use and very fertile, settlement attempts repeatedly failed; one farmer gave up because “there are seven months of snow, two months rain, and all the rest is black flies and mosquitoes”.