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TIL that the Space Jam website is still active, and hasn’t been touched since ‘96!

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jNvRj TIL standard oranges that you buy at the supermarket are ancient hybridized fruits, crossed between pomelos and mandarins, created over 2000 years ago.
oRJ0L TIL about Ssgt Reckless, a beer drinking war horse who, amoung other honors, had 2 Purple Hearts, and had to essentially be smuggled to the US after the Korean War when officials expressed preferences to leaving her behind or "destroying" her.
0d8PA TIL the blazon of the European flag describes it thus: On an azure field a circle of twelve golden mullets, their points not touching.
KYkv6 TIL that among the major character Muppets on Sesame Street, Cookie Monster is the only one with five fingers. The other Muppets have four. (Kermit also has five, but he's not dedicated just to Sesame Street.)
kO59m TIL of the Battle for Texel, the last european battle of World War 2.