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TIL to raise money for World War II, a three-way baseball game was played in New York between the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants. It ended up raising more than $56 million in war bonds.

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awBwL TIL an Aboriginal man planted a flag on the cliffs of Dover in 1988 and claimed England for the Aborigines
DQxDr TIL in 1993, in order to reduce the media attention and law enforcement pressure brought on by drive-by shootings, the Mexican Mafia prison gang in California declared they would kill any gang member sent to prison for a drive-by.
gr8QX TIL Rhode Island is only two miles away from New York due to Fishers Island (part of NY) being just offshore of RI's southernmost landlocked point.
lorjG TIL that the Easter Island heads, or Moai, are actually full-length figures. The bodies have been buried by shifting soil and sediment, creating the illusion that each sculpture stops at the neck.
rROke TIL: Steven Spielberg's film, "The Terminal" is based on a real man named Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who lived in Terminal One in Charles de Gauile Airport for 18 years