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TIL that bowling can be traced as far back as 3,600 BC

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OG087 TIL of Nakahama Manjirō, a 14-year-old fisherman who was shipwrecked on an island with four friends. They were rescued by an American whaleship, who took them to Honolulu, where his friends stayed. Manjirō continued on to Massachusetts and become the first Japanese person to land on mainland USA.
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mxeyP TIL that the oldest recorded sporting event was a 6 round boxing match between James “Gentleman Jim” Corbett vs Peter Courtney that took place in 1894.