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TIL Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are surprised to discover its status as America’s national pastime.

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GY9OQ TIL of Chiune Sugihara, who was a Japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 Jews during WWII by issuing them transit visas, risking his own career and life to save others.
VB4JB TIL of the Ovitz family, not only the largest family of dwarfs ever recorded but also the largest family (12 people ranging from a 15-month-old baby to a 58-year-old woman) to enter Auschwitz and survive intact.
grXay TIL George Clooney is the nephew of José Ferrer, the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award.
neWVd TIL the theme song for Saved by the Bell was written by composer Scott Gayle against the implicit instructions of Peter Engel. Though Engel had not been able to keep the show from being named Saved by the Bell, he was determined to prevent the phrase from showing up in the theme.
d8QV8 TIL Jelly Babies were originally named “Unclaimed Babies” in 1864. They renamed the candy “Peace Babies” to mark the end of WWI, before giving them their present name.