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TIL that there is a desk full of candy in the US Senate

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nWwmG TIL that the Yankees once made Ken Griffey Jr leave the dugout while his dad played for them, even though the sons of white players were allowed on the field. He later refused to play for the Yankees in his 22 year, legendary career.
OG6BX TIL the last ninja is still alive. His name is Jinichi Kawakami and he was born in 1949.
Jov1 TIL a “Butt” was a medieval unit of measurement for wine, and a butt load of wine was equivalent to 129 gallons.
aAey TIL that for unknown reasons, during a bidding war with a consortium of tech firms for Nortel’s 6,000 patents, Google bid $1,902,160,540, then $2,614,972,128, and eventually $3.14159 billion (references to Brun’s constant, Meissel–Mertens constant, and pi)
9Zbp TIL Executive Outcomes, a South African mercenary company, successfully quelled civil war in Sierra Leone. The United Nations pressured Sierra Leone’s government to replace them with peacekeepers. Civil War quickly broke out again upon EO’s dismissal.