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TIL that gifs would load ~8 times faster if we converted them all to HTML5 video

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LkEam TIL that tens of thousands of Super Bowl Champion T-shirts, sweatshirts etc. are manufactured for both teams before the game. The loser's merchandise is then shipped overseas to impoverished nations and distributed to families in need.
vPvMK TIL Dolly Parton wrote two of her biggest hits - "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" - on the same day.
R5wZQ TIL that Emperess Wu Zetian of the Tang is the only female Emperor in all of Chinese history.
DQ0GJ TIL that Primm in Fallout New Vegas is a real Nevada town, and there is a Buffalo Bill casino there that has an actual rollercoaster.
OZ04 TIL in 1970, about 200 members of the Youth International Party, AKA Yippies, invaded and occupied Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island and had to be removed by riot police, causing the 2nd of only 4 unscheduled closings in Disneyland history.