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TIL The Washington Generals broke a 2495-game losing streak by accidentally beating the Harlem Globetrotters 100-99

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XE4KP TIL On January 1 2019, all works published in 1923 enter the public domain. This is the first public domain entrance of copyrighted material in 20 years.
ZlGv TIL that Tom Waits was arrested in 1977 outside of a coffee shop in Los Angeles. Waits and a friend were trying to stop some men from bullying other patrons. The men were plainclothes police officers, and Waits and his friend were arrested for disturbing the peace.
4XD1g TIL that it is illegal to not stop for gas on the German Autobahn, and there's a subsequent fine imposed too. "Running out of fuel is considered an avoidable occurrence, as by law there are petrol stations directly on the autobahn approximately every 50–55 km"
l714r TIL The Oldest Living Man on Planet Earth (113) Says the Secret to a Long Life is Drinking Alcohol Everyday
4kVdb TIL Stalin secretly helped write Poland's 1952 constitution