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TIL that there was a court battle between two fans over who caught Barry Bonds's record setting 756th baseball... One of the fans spent $473,530 in legal fees to claim ownership of the ball. He only received $225,000 when the ball was sold at auction!

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nWxLW TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes
0weLp TIL that Randy Bachman (of Bachman Turner Overdrive) wrote the stammering parts in their hit ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’ to tease his brother Garry, who had a speech impediment when he was younger.
Q1Nd TIL that there’s a variation of The Three Wise Monkeys, the “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” monkeys covering their eyes, ears, and mouth(???). The variation contains a fourth monkey who covers its genitals to represent “do no evil”
Db1v TIL: the Non Human Rights Project a small team of lawyers who are trying to give intelligent animals legal rights like we have.
VRyB TIL that all time travel movies are banned in China.