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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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Lkplv TIL that in 1978, three Indiana teenagers were killed in when their Pinto was involved in a rear-end collision. Ford was indicted on three counts of reckless homicide. Indiana v. Ford was the first time a corporation faced criminal charges for a defective product and charged with murder.
8aldV TIL the US Army does not keep any record of "confirmed kills". Servicemen routinely report successful hits to their superiors and personally keep track.
0wnxy TIL Eliot Ness, famous for taking down feared gangster and bootlegger Al Capone, died a penniless alcoholic that no one had heard of. His autobiography was published after his death and only then did he become famous with TV shows and movies being made of his exploits.
YgPd TIL that between 1999 and 2006 14 high school football players have been paralyzed in Texas alone
WkG48 TIL In Afghanistan they make beautiful carpets that depict the decades of wars and violence the country has gone through. Instead of traditional motives, these rugs show drones, tanks and guns and began after the Soviet invasion in the 1980s, continuing after the NATO-invasion in the 2000s.