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TIL In the 1980s you could record a game off the radio, onto a cassette tape and play it on your computer

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6EpeY TIL about a town named Hell, Michigan. Amongst other things it has an all-hearse auto show called Hellfest.
XbQ8 TIL In 1984 Summer Olympics Judo final, Egypt’s Mohamed Ali Rashwan lost to Japan’s Yasuhiro Yamashita who previously tore a right calf muscle. Rashwan did not aim for Yamashita’s right leg because he did not regard that as a fair play. He won an award from the International Fairplay Committee.
OmDY TIL that Omnism, a belief system, is the recognition and respect of all religions; Omnists say that all religions contain truths, but that no one religion offers all that is truth.
bJWp TIL 30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes from 2008-2010
d8kod TIL After losing a drunken bet with his bandmates, Sabaton singer Joakim Broden had to walk to the band's next gig. Broden walked from Falun, Sweden to Trondheim, Norway, over ~700km, staying at fans' houses and accepting food/beer donations along the way to complete the journey.