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TIL that MLB uniforms are not allowed to display “a pattern that imitates or suggests the shape of a baseball”

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DkWv TIL - A drunk driver that killed a little girl was court ordered as part of his sentence to write a check to the victims family every week for 10 years to remind himself of the tragedy he caused.
VEG0 TIL That the Pokémon Koffing and Weezing Were Originally Named NY and LA
KOZgE TIL - In the mid 19th Century, the belief persisted that weather was completely unpredictable. When one MP suggested in the Commons in 1854 that recent advances in scientific theory might soon allow them to know the weather in London "twenty-four hours beforehand", the House roared with laughter.
69onZ TIL that the temperature profile of the Earth's atmosphere is stratified, fluctuating based on the particular atmospheric layer, with the highest temperatures observed in the exosphere, up to 2,000°C, due to solar radiation
gMJ69 TIL that 'Don't Mess With Texas' was originally an anti-littering campaign by the Texas Department of Transportation. Since the phrase is a federally registered trademark, the department has tried at times to enforce its trademark rights with little success.