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TIL in 1976, Henry Kissinger became the first honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

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QlnL TIL that Kansas is literally flatter than a pancake.
LkwOr TIL about the self-mummification practice of "sokushinjōbutsu" meaning "attaining Buddhahood in the flesh". The monks performed extreme "tree-eating", cold-water ablutions, exposure to freezing temperatures, etc. to become a Buddha in the flesh. This would result in mummification after 10 years.
6Eogw Today I learned the phrase "mad as a hatter" or "madhatter" comes from old hat makers using mercury to shape animal pelts into top hats.
4XY9X TIL: OJ Simpson's lawyers arranged to have a Norman Rockwell painting hung at his home to reflect "something depicting African-American history" and ultimately elicit sympathy from black jurors
m0MR TIL the last British solider to be killed in WWI died an hour and a half before the end of the war, he had fought from the very beginning and died almost exactly where his first battle was four years earlier.