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TIL Every new issue of Hustler Magazine has been sent to all 535 Members of Congress since 1983 by owner Larry Flynt

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YpoOG TIL at 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake, Canadian ice makers secretly hid a loonie (dollar coin) at center ice of the hockey rink. After both Canadian men and women hockey teams won gold, the "lucky loonie" was put in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Canadians still hide coins at the Olympics for luck.
rRomd TIL That Tom Meschery was the NBA's first Russian player, was nicknamed the "Mad Russian" and was the first player to have his number retired by the Golden State Warriors
v14NK TIL that albatrosses can fly 16,000 km (10,000 mi) without landing
wDO1 TIL That Pixar granted a wish from 10-year-old Colby Curtin to see UP before she died from cancer. A Pixar employee flew to the Curtin’s house with a DVD of the finished film and screened it for her and her family. Curtin died seven hours later at 9:20 pm, shortly after seeing the film.
w598 TIL that the American accent of the English language was actually the same as the British accent during colonization. Over time, the British accent kept changing while the American stayed almost unchanged.