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TIL NCAA basketball jerseys are numbered using base-6 to make signalling player numbers with hands easier

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ek6J TIL Musician Sammy Davis Jr. Was Jewish. When asked what his handicap was while out golfing one day, he replied, “Talk about handicap- I’m a one-eyed Negro Jew.”
r8b0 TIL LOTR dwarves are supposed to speak with Arabic or Hebrew accent, resulting in dwarven place names like Khazad-dûm and Moria, not Scottish as per popular culture today.
1DQO TIL With the release of Windows 95, Microsoft couldn’t figure out how to make the system more intuitive for people to use, and they hired a trained behavioral psychologist who would then create the solution: the Start button.
j698v TIL in 2001 King Mswati III Imposed a ban on Sex with girls under 18. 2 months later he marries his 9th wife who was 17 and fined himself "1 Cow" for breaking the law. In 2005 he repeals the law so he can marry another girl who was aged 17 - then 3 months later he marries another 18 year old girl.
e00eL TIL fastfood mascot Grimace originally had four arms and was called Evil Grimace. He scared children, prompting changes.