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TIL when they were introduced in 1903, Triscuit crackers were advertised as “Baked by Electricity”

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9Y9KD TIL after most of Manchester United's starting line-up died in a plane crash in 1958, Real Madrid offered to loan out Alfredo Di Stéfano, the world's best player, to Manchester United. All the parties agreed, but England's FA blocked the loan, because "it would halt the progress of a British player"
lOWA TIL Humans with extra nipples can only have them along two ‘milk lines’ in the human body, a remnant of our mammalian ancestors.
D1BgJ TIL that in 1975 George R. R. Martin wrote a short story titled "The Last Superbowl" which depicted the last game of real sports to ever be played due to the rise in popularity of simulated sports. The fictional game took place in January 2016 between the Green Bay Packers and The Hoboken Jets.
VdYZ TIL that homework was a discouraged practice until the 1950s to stay ahead in the Cold War
e0N8b TIL that in 1917, Germany transported 32 dissidents back to Russia hoping to cause problems for the Russian government. Among them were V. I. Lenin and his wife.