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TIL Hello Kitty is the 2nd highest grossing media franchise of all time at $80 Billion, behind Pokemon ($95 Billion), beating out other franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel, and Mickey Mouse.

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ANpZ7 TIL "chucking" is an illegal bowling action in the sport of cricket when a bowler straightens the bowling arm when delivering the ball, but after biomechanical testing showed that all bowlers flex their extended arms to some degree, rules were then changed.
gM8jL TIL the 1972 film Deliverance brought a surge of whitewater rafting tourists to Rabun County, Georgia, where the movie was filmed. It is now a $20 million per year industry in the region.
e0XRk TIL about A-230, a new Russian chemical considered to be the most potent nerve agent ever discovered. It’s estimated that less than 0.1 mg is lethal for humans. It was added to Schedule 1 of the Annex of Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention as of June 2020.
Oogb6 TIL that the archaic study of head shape (Phrenology) is responsible for many sayings. Intelligent people had a "highbrow", stupid people had a "lowbrow", people with balanced attributes' heads were "well-rounded" and psychiatrists would reduce areas of people's brains and were called "shrinks".
wo0lY TIL the term Three-peat is trademarked and owned by Pat Riley who was the coach of the Lakers in the 80s when they were attempting for a three-peat in 1989 but didn't win it. The Jordan Bulls did get a three-peat in 1993 and Riley made royalties off of apparel using the term.