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TIL in 1922 there was a three-day riot in New York City over whether men could wear straw hats after September 15

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9YQD7 TIL that in the 2000 Paralympics, 10 out of 12 players in Spain's ID Basketball team were non-disabled, who pretended to have intellectual disabilities. The scandal was exposed after the Paralympics, when one of the players was revealed to be an investigative journalist.
Lp1p TIL Nicolas Cage owned a pet octopus and claimed it helped with his acting.
mxdko TIL after civil rights leader Rosa Parks was robbed and assaulted in 1994, Little Caesers' founder Mike Ilich paid her rent every month until she died in 2005.
YpPM7 TIL Los Angeles county has a larger population than 41 of the 50 US states.
ZpX5R today i learned rats can giggle