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TIL about The Legend of Jon Dowd. Due to Barry Bones not allowing his likeness in MVP Baseball 2005 they created a player using his attributes and the name of an assistant producer. His ability in the game led him to be regarded as one of the best virtual athletes of all time.

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xVpn7 TIL that dogs were once used in kitchens to turn spits for roasting meats. The Canis vertigus, or turnspit, was an essential part of every large kitchen in Britain in the 16th century. The small cooking canine was bred to run in a wheel that turned a roasting spit in cavernous kitchen fireplaces.
R7YR8 TIL that by tradition astronomers name lunar lava planes after states of mind, such as “Sea of Tranquility”. However when Soviets discovered a new mare, they named it Moscoviense, after Moscow. This caused strife among astronomers, until it was agreed that Moscow is, in fact, a state of mind.
E1wnd TIL that geysers are quite rare natural phenomena on Earth, and apart from the famous Yellowstone National Park, the United States also once had 2 more significant geyser fields in Nevada that were each destroyed by geothermal electricity companies in the 1960s and 80s.
6EKmW TIL that Mountbatten chose 15th August as India's independence day because it was the day of Japan’s surrender in World War II.
Bg65d TIL during the 2010 Commonwealth Games small monkeys roamed the Delhi streets and couldn't be removed because of religious reasons. So instead a larger species of monkey (The Colobinae) was brought in to scare away the smaller monkeys.