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TIL: California Town Brings in 40,000 Tourists for a Frog Jumping Festival

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kwZg TIL George Washington had red hair.
9D1X TIL of Frank Hayes, a jockey, who in 1923 suffered a fatal heart attack and died mid race. His body remained on the horse and crossed the finish line in first place. He had never won a race before in his life.
QNMeX TIL that the ancient Romans did not simply have a god of doors, but a specific goddess of door hinges, a god for dual doors, and a third one for the threshold
9Yb6X TIL that the reason purple was so highly valued in the ancient world for centuries, is because the only known dye was extracted from a very rare type of sea snail. In fact, there was only one place in the world it was harvested; the Phoenician city of Tyre.
A1jw TIL: Spain Cheated in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 10 of the 12 players on their roster “were encouraged to pretend to be stupid” and had no mental disability.