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TIL that Paul Giamatti's dad was the Commissioner of Baseball and President of Yale University

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KYbo9 TIL that the title of the Led Zeppelin song D'yer Mak'er is the punchline of a joke that only makes sense with an English accent.
v1Xo4 TIL the Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada, and is the most popular pizza in Australia, accounting for 15% of pizza sales.
e0xvL TIL pedestrianism was a famous sport in the 19th century where people would compete to walk the furthest distance in the shortest amount of time. A famous challenge was walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours, first completed by Robert Barclay Allardice in 1809.
XEYmr TIL that when Civil Rights Activist, Medgar Evers, was assassinated right outside his home in Jackson Mississippi. The hospital he was brought to "initially refused entry because of his race."
mDWY TIL: The Xoloitzcuintli dog was once believed to ward off evil spirits. Many were sacrificed and buried with their owner upon death, because they were believed to guide their soul to the underworld.