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TIL that the NBA was was founded by the owners ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada in order to provide a means to income when ice hockey was not in session.

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e7eb TIL that in 1998 the NIH changed lowered the BMI scores that would be normal, overweight, or obese. 29 million Americans became overweight over night, even though there was no clinical reason. However 7 out of 9 people on the committee worked for or owned weight loss companies.
xVGYg TIL about Letterlocking, which is how you would keep correspondence secret, without a wax seal, before envelopes had been invented. Lots of intricate folds and creases
W70Ro TIL about Spintria, a small bronze or brass Roman token that usually depict on the obverse an image of sexual acts or symbols and a numeral in the range I - XVI on the reverse.
gLjb TIL A man accused of swinging a toy light saber at customers in a toy store used the light saber to break one of the wires on a Taser when police officers responded to the call.
9YjxD TIL that on 19 January 2021, it snowed in the Sahara Desert; this is the fourth time this has happened in the last 50 years (1979, 2016 and 2018)