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TIL that the Nike slogan was inspired by the last words of a serial killer before he was executed

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rj8w TIL Reebok’s first major ad campaign featured two obscure decathletes.They were features in several Super Bowl ads in 1991. The ads pitted them to see who was the worlds greatest athlete and who would win the Olympic title. After being made superstars, one failed to qualify and the other got bronze
4Rg6 TIL China killed at least 800,000 of its own citizens when it purposefully opened dikes to flood the Yellow River.
1aold TIL there's an unofficial language called Portunol (Portugese/Espanol) which is a slang Spanish-Portuguese hybrid. Spanish fans at Brazil's world cup would speak it to work through the language barrier. Brazilians apparently found it extremely offensive.
QJBa6 TIL that the science of bite-mark comparisons, ballistic comparisons, fingerprint matching, blood-spatter analysis, arson investigation and other common forensic techniques have been tainted by systematic error, cognitive bias (tunnel vision) and little or no research or data to support it.
6EK5m TIL that there is a group of Germans who deny the existence of Germany as a nation and have their own King who use to be a Karate instructor