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TIL that the “pink hat man” is a 72 year old man who who owns Cub’s tickets and sits behind home plate but wears a pink hat so his wife knows that he is at the game and not cheating.

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neP9W TIL the first film to use a special effect was a reenactment of the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots
p8glp TIL that the Egyptian pyramids are not in the middle of the desert and just 200 meters away from the nearest neighborhood of Cairo. There even is a golf course near the foot of the Cheops pyramid.
OxD1 TIL OJ Simpson’s Player of the Year trophy was bought by a man who melted it down to make pins for people who donated to battered women’s shelters.
579R TIL The word blimp is an onomatopoeia for the sound it makes when you flick the side if the balloon.
LP90 TIL A bill was introduced in Maine to outlaw tomatoes in clam chowder