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TIL the number on a jersey affects your opponets perception of you athletic prowess.

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69p07 TIL During World War II (1942-45), the U.S. forcibly relocated and incarcerated around 120,000 people of Japanese descent—two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens—in ten camps run by the War Relocation Authority.
6Zpm TIL rock&roll pioneer Ritchie Valens had a fear of flying due to a freak accident where two airplanes collided over his school’s playground, killing or injuring many of his friends. He got over this fear due to the demands of his career and subsequently died in a plane crash at the age of 17.
OobPY TIL that nearly every U.S. state with an official state dance selected the Square Dance. I always thought it was just a Texas thing...
x6EWB TIL Sumomomomomomomomo, a Japanese racehorse that was dubbed “the horse that makes commentators cry” because of its tongue-twister name. Its name translated means “Plums are peaches, and peaches are peaches, and plums and peaches are both types of peaches.”
45vN TIL Nestlé has produced over 300 limited-edition Kit Kat flavors in Japan, one of the most popular being “soy sauce.”