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TIL female football players wearing white shorts perform worse than players in dark shorts due to period anxiety.

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LkvxZ TIL a woman chugged a $200 of Remy Martin XO in an attempt to beat airplane fluid allowances.
XdWr TIL it took a judge’s ruling to settle an argument whether Snuggies are blankets or clothes (Because blankets and clothes are taxed differently)
XEJdr TIL In 1966 a relatively unknown young American musician asked to get on stage with Cream and THE guitar God Eric Clapton. He played the song Killing Floor, which Clapton had always said was too difficult to play live. That man was Jimi Hendrix and that became known as "The day Hendrix killed God."
NXb61 TIL: Astronomers didnt officially confirm the existence of planets outside our solar system until 1992
Wk9g8 TIL Warren Buffet, a billionaire worth ~$50 billion, was audited by the IRS in 1944 when he was 14 for making more than $500 during his paper route. He filed a tax return and was able to get a $45 return for bicycle maintenance and a broken watch.