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TIL the Kool-Aid Man has gone back to not wearing pants

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BrwOx TIL Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith a Canadian Physical Education Instructor in Springfield.
yQ5Ol TIL Jason Everman the guitarist that was kicked out of Nirvana and Soundgarden went on to become a special forces war hero.
JY0AV TIL of Sanford B. Dole, who became the President of the Republic of Hawaii, after a pro-American coup d'état overthrew the Hawaiian monarch. His government secured Hawaii's annexation by the United States. His cousin founded the pineapple company that would become the Dole Food Company.
Z8eja TIL that during WWII, the US government recalled all paper currency circulating in Hawaii and replaced it with notes stamped with "HAWAII". In the event of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii, all currency captured would be easily identifiable and would be rendered worthless.
ADdm7 TIL that the heavy metal band Black Sabbath originally started wearing crosses to ward off a curse. After denying an offer to play at Stonehenge, the satanists hosting the event claimed to cast a curse on the band.