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TIL That despite running about three hours, actual playing time in a Major League Baseball game is under 18 minutes.

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Kd1w TIL Cesar Millan’s well known pitbull, Daddy was previously owned by rapper Redman who gave the dog to Cesar after realizing he could not care for the dog due to his career taking off. Cesar used Daddy as his right-hand dog for rehabilitating troubled canines.
MyV0 TIL that The Golden State Fence Company, hired to build part of the US-Mexico border wall, was fined $5M for hiring illegal immigrant workers.
Wd9Y TIL The CFPB found that 61 percent of bank profits from consumer checking accounts come from overdraft and insufficient funds fees
9YGEQ TIL the Nobel Prize winner Fritz Haber Haber-Bosch process of artificially generating ammonium nitrate was not only responsible for the entirety of the Axis powers explosive ordinance capability in WW1, but also for our present day capacity to feed a multi-billion population
7r7KZ TIL about the Newton Disc, which is a color wheel that when spun really fast, turns white.