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TIL That despite the fact that they'll soon be in the same conference, the Texas Longhorns have never played against the Cincinnati Bearcats in football.

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W7Eg4 TIL of Wouter Basson, aka 'Dr Death', former head of the South Africa Secret Services’ biological and chemical program ‘Project Coast’ from 1981 to 1995, that introduced drugs into SA to chemically suppress the black population. Charged but acquitted of human rights violations, including murder.
OGPbL TIL Pilates was invented by Joseph Pilates in a WW1 while in an Internment Camp
rN00W TIL the elegant tit (Pardaliparus elegans) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae endemic to the Philippines
NXAG6 TIL of the Iffland-Ring, a ring awarded to the most significant actor of the German-speaking theatre according to its previous owner, who pass on the ring by will. It was also considered cursed when, in 1954, Albert Bassermann's candidates all died shortly after being nominated as the recipient.
pYR7G TIL The name of the song is "nel blu dipinto di blu", and not "volare".