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TIL The first sneaker designed for basketball was the Converse all star in 1917.

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P1M4Z TIL from 1696-1851, England imposed 'Window Tax' which was levied on buildings with tax liability based on the number of windows, which led to efforts to reduce tax bills through such measures as the boarding up of windows
e1o6 TIL in 2006 British historian David Erving was sentenced to 3 years in prison for denying the Holocaust in a speech he gave in 1989.
QJyVd TIL the actor Martin Sheen has been arrested 66 times for protesting and other civil disobedience.
ZDMR TIL Terrence Howard was paid more than Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man. He also believes the movie killed his career.
XXRX TIL scientists in Berlin asked adults to play Super Mario 64 over a period of 2 months for 30 minutes a day. The group showed increases of grey matter, demonstrating “the direct causal link between video gaming and a volumetric brain increase.”