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TIL that the game Snooker was invented by a British Army officer in India called Neville Chamberlain (Not the former Prime Minister). The name "Snooker" came from and was used as a derogatory term for first year, inexperiended soldiers

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ADd7o TIL there is a confederate Mount Rushmore in Georgia
WQoY TIL the rarest motorcycle in the world was found behind a brickwall in Chicago and has engine technologies well ahead of its time. The “Traub” is still running to this day.
WaDN TIL that when Crispin Glover was recast after Back to the Future Part 1, the crew was able to reverse cast prosthetics made for Glover to make a doppelganger for part 2 and 3. Glover sued, won and the Screen Actors Guild made a rule that no film can use the likeness of an actor without consent.
GApdN TIL there is no blue or green pigment present in the human eye. Eyes appear blue or green due to Rayleigh scattering, the same phenomenon that makes the sky appear blue. For this reason, blue eyes and green eyes can appear to change color depending on lighting.
BrwPL TIL on 1838, in order to pay off debts of Georgetown College, the Maryland Jesuits sold 272 slaves from their plantations. The buyers were Louisiana sugarcane planters.