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TIL that New Balance, one of the world’s major sports footwear and apparel brands, was founded in 1906 in Boston as the New Balance Arch Support Company.

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KOyRG TIL that the norovirus on "Oasis of the Seas" in January 2019 infected 592 (or 7%) of the passengers–one of the worst outbreaks on a cruise ship ever. With hundreds quarantined in their cabins, the cruise ship returned back to Florida early & all passengers were reimbursed for their failed vacation.
pYeDO TIL John Wojtowicz, who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in 1972 to pay for his wife Eden's gender reassignment surgery. Wojtowicz had based his plans on the movie, "The Godfather" (1972), which he had watched earlier that day
K7ZB TIL Tom Petty escaped death as well as saved his wife and 5 year old daughter when an arsonist tried to set his house on fire. He later wrote “I Won’t Back Down” which was inspired by the experience.
neKBb TIL that COLLABORATIONISM does not carry the same positive connotation as its root word. It instead refers to the carrying out an act of treason; most commonly applicable to WW-II
oDjR TIL a truck driver passed out, crashed, and died after breathing in toxic fumes created by a cargo of decomposing sea lettuce