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TIL that Kobe Bryant's Middle Name Is Bean

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VMJB8 Til that The first sunglasses date back to the prehistoric Inuits, who wore a piece of flattened ivory over their eyes (made from walrus bones) with narrow slits to look through that blocked harmful rays of the sun reflecting off the ice.
4j5X TIL someone who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about is called an ultracrepidarian
k5b4 TIL: Black men make up 5% of population, 50% of murder convictions
A6Kg TIL in a test of cognitive dissonance, researchers paid participants either $1 or $20 before completing a boring 1-hour task. Afterwards, those who were paid $1 said the study was stimulating while those paid $20 said they hated it; the low-paid people had to rationalize doing the task for only $1.
QNnap TIL Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix 9 times. The next most successful drivers at the event are Jim Clark and Alain Prost, who have each won it 5 times.