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TIL That in 1990 when the Chicago White Sox changed their Logo and Hip Hop artists started wearing it, New Era cap company had to stop production of all other team caps and just make White Sox caps to meet the demand.

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pYJmG TIL that the lyrics of South Africa's national anthem employ the five most widely spoken of their eleven official languages – Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and English. The lyrics are sung in these languages regardless of the native language of the singer.
JYvDk TIL - More Facebook usage decreases Self-Esteem by r = -.20 which is a high correlation
D59j TIL that as a child, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped in a Comanche raid. 24 years later, she’d married a chief and had three children, including Quanah Parker the last free Comanche chief. She was “rescued” by Texas Rangers at 34 and spent 10 years trying to escape before starving herself to death.
KyyE TIL there is a village in the Netherlands specifically for Old people with Dementia to live and lead normal lives surrounded by professional care. Everything there is free.
RYyj TIL 43% of British pilots admitted to falling asleep during flights, 33% of them reported waking up to find that their co-pilots had fallen asleep as well, according to a survey carried between 2010 & 2012 [PDF]