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TIL on his deathbed, Kanō Jigoro (the founder of Judo) asked to be buried in a white belt instead of a black belt because he wanted to be remembered as a learner, not a master.

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0dG9j TIL that Hitler only became a German citizen in 1932, only a year before he took power
4kxPR TIL there was a heavily religious outlaw named Deacon Jim who lived as a hitman being contracted to kill at least 12 people until eventually he killed an ex-Deputy Marshall, but since he was most likely going to be acquitted for the murder he ended up getting lynched by the angry townsfolk.
BgyXb TIL that after childbirth, the placenta can leave behind a wound the size of a dinner plate inside the mother’s uterus.
oRKBr TIL that sloths can hold their breath up to twice as long as dolphins
Ogg1 TIL that the colour orange was named after the fruit and not the other way around. Until that time the colour was referred to as yellow-red and may be why red hair got its misnomer.