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TIL on the US West Coast, particularly Northern California, it's more common to play "Ro-Sham-Bo", instead of "Rock-Paper-Scissors".

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p89db TIL the band Blink-182 incorporated under the name “Poo Poo Butt, LLC.” because of how funny it would be to have their accountants, managers and attorneys having to say that over the phone every day.
W7Mkd TIL that there were no Kings of England named William for a period of nearly 600 years; William II died in 1100 and William III ascended to the throne in 1688.
b6pkZ TIL Rugby legend Dan Carter’s last kick of his career was with his wrong foot, in the World Cup Final. 1427 points (left foot) vs 3 points (right foot)
wLVOP TIL scientists have begun using the soot on feathers of birds in museum collections to track changes in air pollution over the last century. The specimens yield very precise data on black carbon levels.
RYk4 TIL that a man named Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the bombing of Hiroshima. He then returned to his home city of Nagasaki the next day which would suffer the same fate. He is the only reported “double survivor” of both Little Boy and Fat Man.