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TIL that Jackie Robinson was a baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the B. Dodgers. In 1997, MLB retired his uniform number 42 across all teams; Evey year in april every player wear his number, 42. Chadwick Boseman portrayed him in thefilm "42"

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ANDvx TIL about Will & William West, two felons who looked visually similar and even had similar anthropomorphic measurements. Officials needed fingerprints to “prove” they were different people. While mugshots still persist, most body measures have given way to fingerprints.
VMoo4 TIL in 2011 George Takei unilaterally declared peace between Star Wars and Star Trek fans, and asked them both to declare war on Twilight
gM67X TIL the State of Hawaii has an "Aloha Spirit" law requiring business & government officials to act with kindness, harmoniousness, agreeability, humility, and patience
vyv8 TIL that the US only lets in 65,000 immigrants eligible for the H-1B visa, a visa for educated immigrants, a year, and that they can only stay for three years, extendable to six years.
kv45 TIL of “Japan’s hardest test”, the Kendo 8th dan Judgement Test. Held twice each year, less than 1% ever pass. Out of ~200 million Kendo swordsmen in the country, less than 400 have achieved 8th dan.