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TIL about a popular carnival game where people threw baseballs at living black people.

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mxkNO TIL of Deryfold, a notorious pirate who was captured off the coast of Flanders by Sir John Perrot in 1579. On the way back to England Perrot's ship struck a sandbank and was nearly wrecked, but Deryfold's nautical expertise got them safely into port. Perrot made sure he was pardoned.
JYGZm TIL That the earliest known illustration of the moon was discovered at a neolithic passage grave in Ireland, dated c. 3200 BC
9wKlM TIL that only three objects have ever been found inside the Great Pyramid of Giza- pieces of wood, a ball made of diorite, and a copper hook. They were found in 1872 in a shaft leading from the Queen's Chamber.
Lxwd TIL: The NFL actually made EA sports remove certain features from its Madden game including endzone celebrations and realistic stadium attendance
gM6X4 TIL Korean college students once protested against the amount of air in potato chip packets by building a raft out of them and sailing across a river.