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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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mxOOv TIL that in the early days of radio, advertisers were hesitant to invest in radio ads because they feared an ad where you couldn't just "turn the page" if you didn't like it (as you could in print) would come off as pushy and invasive
9wdwB TIL that there's a secret letter from Queen Elizabeth II locked in a Vault, and it can’t be opened till 2085
4B1o TIL that the US Postal Service began home delivery during the Civil War after a postal worker became so torn up by seeing women lined up in the cold to see if a letter had arrived from a son or husband at the front lines that he started delivering mail to homes.
Zp7dD TIL of Tetragametic Chimerism, which occurs when a woman is pregnant with twins and one embryo dies, and the other embryo absorbs the twin's cells. Also it's potential impact on DNA tests, which lead to Lydia Fairchild being accused of fraud and not being the biological mother of her children.
x6PwD TIL that in 1982 Delta Air Lines employees raised $30 million dollars in order to buy a new Boeing 767 as a sign of gratitude and appreciation to the company during economic hardship in the airline industry