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TIL that dribbling was already a thing in Japan in 1913-1915... And you could do it with your foot or while carrying a baby on your back. That's not something you see everyday in basketball's NBA.

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YpK0B TIL that chihuahuas are named after a place in mexico
NRB6 TIL of the Bodo League Massacre, where 100,000 + suspected communists were killed by the South Korean government in 1950. US, Australian, and British officials witnessed and photographed the political genocide.
loarN TIL that Chumash hunters would dress like deer and graze alongside their prey until they were close enough to fire an arrow
788pp TIL that Ocean City, NJ employs a falconer to keep seagulls off the boardwalk.
PYbmw TIL that Top Gun was produced in collaboration with the Pentagon to rebrand the US military's image post-Vietnam war, and attract new Navy recruits. Top Gun was the first full-blown collaboration between Hollywood and the US military.