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[TIL] That there is a World Down Syndrome Day, and that day is today!

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LQGB9 TIL Los Angeles Chargers RB Kimani Vidal is the great nephew of Atlanta Braves legend and HOF member Hank Aaron
x6Klb TIL that the most expensive cherries in the world were sold ¥1000 (US$9.7) per cherry. 🍒
KQDR TIL that British Paratroopers on D-Day discarded their 9mm Sten Guns for captured German MP 40s as the Sten Gun was horrifically unreliable, whereas the Schmeisser was an excellent SMG
BrPAy TIL that in 1582, the English merchant fleet had a total carrying capacity of 68,000 tons and required about 16,000 sailors (The container ship OOCL Hong Kong, christened in 2017, can carry some 200,000 tons while requiring a crew of only 22).
9wNxD TIL Hisako Koyama, a female Japanese astronomer who hand drew sunspots every day for more than 40 years. Her detailed sketches aid researchers in studying solar cycles and the sun's magnetic fields