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TIL: Gatorade Shower was invented in 1984 by Jim Burt of the NY Giants.

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rRZg1 TIL the inspiration for Zorro was an early 1600s Irishman called William Lamport, referred to in Mexico as Don Guillén de Lampart. He was a bond-esque social chamelion, and at one point attempted to overthrow the Spanish Government with the support of many native, creole, and Black Mexicans.
PYdAJ TIL According to Welsh legend, faeries would not only use Corgis for pulling their carts, but would also ride them into battle.
LkBXZ TIL: Nerdcore is a genre of music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to nerds with the earliest known recorded use of the term "nerdcore hip hop" being in 2000 by MC Frontalot.
wLjx6 TIL anything obtained in space and brought back to earth is the legal property of whoever obtained it, and big tech/space companies are already trying to salvage asteroids, meteors, and comets for valuable elements
neZA7 TIL that barnacles have the largest penis-to-body ratio in the entire animal kingdom. It can stretch up to 8 times the barnacles own length