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TIL most eastern Oregon counties have voted to become part of Idaho, and the movement actually has a feasible plan

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VBrR4 TIL that after playing 9 years in Major League Baseball, Byron McLaughlin allegedly worked in the counterfeit consumer goods industry in Mexico, making knock-off athletic footwear. He fled justice after posting bail in 1990 and his exact whereabouts are unknown. It is thought he is in Europe.
NXwJ6 TIL the photo of Salvador Dalí jumping and painting while water and live cats fly through the air took 5 hours and 26 tries because they couldn't get the timing right. The "floating" objects hung from wires or were held up off-camera. Dalí’s canvas frame was empty in the pic; he painted it in later.
p85lO TIL that the company Cisco is named after San Francisco, where it was founded, and its logo resembles the Golden Gate Bridge
69NdQ TIL: the sports rating system ELO, most seen in competitive chess, isn't an acronym but the last name of it's inventor, the Hungarian Arpad Elo (1903-1992). He came up with a more fair rating based on the then current one. Other sports use it well, often with minor tweaks and naming.
jdwM TIL Oxford University is older then the Aztec civilization. Oxford: 1249. Founding of Tenochtitlán: 1325.