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TIL that one of the current top US Tennis players is named Tennys, and is from Tennessee.

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ok9K TIL that watches have “IIII” instead of “IV” for 4 because a French king thought it looked better. Watches with “IV” are likely British just to piss the French off.
mejR TIL: Nintendo’s Mario is named after the landlord of the warehouse Nintendo was using as their American headquarters, the company had gotten behind in rent payment, prompting an angry visit from Mario, the developers subsequently immortalized him by renaming “Jumpman” to “Mario”.
yx78 TIL that the Masaai people of Kenya donated fourteen cows to the US after 9/11.
1aWoV TIL newborns are "obligate nose breathers" meaning that they can only breathe through their nose for the first few months of their life.
GYQaN TIL: There was a case of British conjoined twins. If not separated, they’d both die in months. If separation was successful, the healthier twin would survive but the surgery would kill the other. The parents refused consent, but a court overruled them, the surgery killed one twin to save the other.