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TIL two world famous shoe brands - Puma and Adidas - were born from a sibling rivalry. The feud between the two brothers - Rudolph and Adolph - lasted all their lives.

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XERAk TIL:In January 1960, white jazz pianist Dave Brubeck canceled a twenty-five-date tour of colleges and universities across the American South after twenty-two schools had refused to allow his black bassist, Eugene Wright, to perform. He also canceled a tv show where they didn't want to show him.
Mna TIL that the planet PSRJ1719-1438B used to be a star, and is now made up entirely of diamond.
0EDA TIL Japanese beer cans have “alcohol” in braille on the top of can to prevent the blind from accidently buying beer.
OAOR TIL the deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history occurred right in the middle of the American Revolution, killing over 22,000 and causing heavy losses to both British and French fleets
p8NGe TIL of the anthropic principle: the idea that any data we collect about the universe is filtered by the fact that, in order for it to be observable in the first place, it must be compatible with the conscious thinking life that observes it. We see, only because we are in a universe that can be seen.