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TIL that athletes ran in a clockwise direction in the 1896,1900 & 1904 Olympics. It changed to counter clockwise in the 1908 London Olympics after athletes complained of discomfort.

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Kv6R TIL: An unfortunate Korean was forced to fight for the Japanese, captured by the Russians and forced to fight on the Eastern Front where he was captured again by the Germans and forced to fight on the Western front where he was finally captured by the American Army.
16Vnr TIL There is an exotic species of roach, extinct in the wild, that still exists because insect lovers thought it looked cool. Scientists who discovered and collected the Simandoa conserfariam bred them in captivity for the pet trade after their habitat was destroyed by mining.
Lke7m TIL a research study published in 2010 found that acetaminophen can reduce physical and neural responses associated with the pain of social rejection, whether in romantic relationships, friendships or otherwise.
5Y1g8 TIL that DNC party bosses stole the VP nomination from Henry Wallace and got Truman on the ballot with FDR in 1944
5VdNk TIL the first widely-reported recipe for "dishwasher fish" was presented by horror icon Vincent Price on a 1975 episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He called it "a dish any fool can prepare".