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TIL Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners

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Eglr0 Til about Jubb'adin, a village in the Qalamoun mountains northwest of Damascus Syria. Though the locals converted to Sunni Islam in the 18th century, they resisted Arabization and speak Western Aramaic, the closest Aramaic variety to what Jesus Christ spoke
OP9X TIL that the classic clown is a stereotype of Irish people (red hair, pale, red nose from excessive drinking)
eA86 TIL that after seeing it hit a low point in 2009, Domino’s Pizza saw their stock grow 233 percent within a year after changing their pizza recipe.
PY9ng TIL that in Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
kWK7 TIL a guy named James Randi will pay US$1,000,000 (One Million US Dollars) to any person who demonstrates any psychic, supernatural, or paranormal ability. It remains unclaimed for 40 years.