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TIL Muhammad Ali fought in an early version of MMA

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0Mlv TIL that Pedialyte is a hangover “cure”; so much so that adult consumption is up 60% since 2012 and the company has started targeting adults on “party holidays”.
M49B TIL: Some airlines will not let an adult male passenger sit next to an unaccompanied child. British Airways was sued because of this practice and lost, admitting to sex discrimination. They have since ended the policy but other airlines still defend it.
lo5va TIL that, upon their induction into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, legendary English Punk Band the Sex Pistols refused to attend their own ceremony and lead singer Johnny Rotten sent an angry note calling the museum a 'piss stain'.
VBnZp TIL the term "teamster", which is used today to describe truck drivers, was originally used described a person who drove team of oxen or horses, which were the trucks of their day.
Ob9Y TIL during the Great Smog in London, 1952, visibility was so poor that pedestrians were helped through the streets by the blind.