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TIL that jousting is the official state sport of Maryland

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ANWGx TIL that The Doors’ frontman Jim Morrison bought his first pair of his famous leather pants after he saw Marlon Brando wearing a snakeskin pants in the 1960 movie "The Fugitive Kind."
rRv91 TIL The reason Roman structures survive so long is because they used volcanic ash in their concrete, which slowly transforms to aluminum tobermorite when exposed to sea water. Something modern scientists have been trying to do for decades.
O97a TIL there are single-celled organisms that can grow up to four inches in diameter at the bottom of the world’s oceans.
N7Q0M TIL: In 1963, major league baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, an hour after Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry hit is first, and only, home run while playing for the San Francisco Giants.
6E5Bm TIL California councilman, Lan Diep, was sworn in using his Captain America shield instead of a bible