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TIL the famous picture of Che Guevara looking up was actually from a photo of him looking down at a funeral.

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ADmL7 TIL that you should wait 72 hours after it rains to swim in the ocean. Storm runoff that empties into the ocean carries increased levels of contaminants, like bacteria, fertilizers, and sewage. Swimming in the ocean too soon can increase your risk of various infections.
wLVo6 TIL Winston Churchill had so much respect for the American Constitution that he called it the best constitution ever written in English
v1dQ4 TIL Orange Crush soda originally had orange pulp in the bottles, giving it a "fresh squeezed" illusion even though the raw pulp was merely added during bottling, rather than actually being the remains from freshly squeezed oranges
ADer7 TIL that three companies (Blackrock, Vanguard, Statestreet) are the largest single shareholder in 90% of S&P 500 firms.
rNNOw TIL The original John Madden Football (1988) took 3 years to develop due to John Madden insisting that each team have 11 players while EA was entangled in a legal battle with Bethesda Softworks. The game was known internally as "Trip's Folly" in reference to Trip Hawkins, the founder and CEO of EA.