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TIL Iowa had a professional NBA team in 1950
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TIL collecting recycling is more than twice as dangerous as being a cop in the US
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TIL That author Jane Austen's brother Francis fought in and commanded over numerous naval battles, was knighted, and eventually promoted to Admiral of the Fleet.
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TIL that the most complex Chinese character (hanzi) is 64 strokes & means ‘verbose’.
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TIL that astronauts swallow their toothpaste after brushing, as spitting is not possible because of its weightlessness.
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TIL rapper Rakim, universally considered one of the greatest rap lyricists ever, quit Dr. Dre’s record label because Dr. Dre wanted him to rap about things like “killing somebody”, while Rakim wanted to rap more about “bringing somebody to life”.