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

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b6MAQ TIL that the Luxor Sky Beam in Las Vegas is the most powerful manmade light in the world. It is visible from up to 275 miles away, and temperatures of 500 °F have been recorded just above the light's surface. Airline pilots often use it as a landmark for navigation when flying at night.
xVb6w TIL that a burrito is legally not a sandwich. A Massachusetts judge ruled in White City v. PR Restaurants that "the term "sandwich" is not commonly understood to include burritos, tacos, and quesadillas"
R50Xj TIL about Wilhelm Canaris the head of the Abwehr, Hitler’s intelligence service, who actively opposed Hitler. One act of resistance was he minimally trained Dutch Jews to be Abwehr “agents” and issued them papers to leave Germany.
epWQE TIL that, during WW2, the USA wanted to turn France into a puppet state and abolish its'national sovereignty
VNRZ TIL less than 5% of the world lives in the U.S., but Americans consume about 37% of cocaine in the world.