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TIL only one white man has ever run 100 meters in under 10 seconds. The other 75 men who have done it were all black.

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lobM1 TIL of "Barcode Battler", a handheld game released in 1991. The “barcode gaming system” came with a variety of cards containing barcodes; each representing a player, enemy or powerup. Players could also experiment to find barcode monsters from everyday products like food and cleaning supplies.
9Ym9B TIL that September 4th 1909, saw the first Boys Scout rally in Crystal Palace, South London. The gathering was organized by Baden-Powell & saw 11,000 boys in attendance. Amongst the thousands in attendance, a handful of girls crashed the event. Dressed in uniform, they called themselves Girl Scouts.
Xdkk TIL Pablo Escobar spent $2500 per month on rubber bands to hold stacks of bills together
VBAXB TIL About John Spano who, in 1996, briefly controlled the NHL's New York Islanders. Described by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman as "...the type of person we want as an owner" Spano was revealed to be a conman who was unable to pay for the team.
YOMd TIL that an Australian study looking at 91 patients who claimed to have had their drink spiked found that zero patients had actually been exposed to sedative drugs in their drink.