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TIL that tennis and basketball courts sometimes develop "dead spots" where the ball doesn't bounce

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v1P5r TIL: That up to 42 Survivors of the USS Arizona have decided to have their ashes interred inside the wreckage. Only survivors are permitted this honor.
yVJ6v TIL that Harry Kane, an English professional footballer and captain of the England national team, considered one of the best players in the world, scoring over 400 goals, has never won a major trophy
0wr8M TIL the first official Medals of Honor were awarded to several Union soldiers who went behind enemy lines and commandeered a train and sabotaged their way back to the North.
mxMEO TIL that Louis Armstrong always wore a Star of David as an homage to a Jewish family that took him in when he was young and gave him his first horn
AN7oB TIL more than 50 percent of people get away with murder.