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TIL: It’s common for bike riders in elite competitions to pee on each other mid-race

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VBdm0 TIL: That Snoopy became NASA's safety mascot in 1968, leading to the creation of the Silver Snoopy Award, a highly coveted honor that has recognized NASA employees and contractors for over 50 years.
9onD TIL That the Pledge of Allegiance was a marketing tool to sell flags to US schools
v1EEL TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I'm innocent."
LQyov TIL LabCorp owns a fleet of planes and has the call sign SKYLAB
L0Wd TIL the two men who penned the song ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ had never previously been to a baseball game.