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TIL that Kobe Bryant’s parents had to cosign his first NBA contract, because he was only 17 when he was drafted.

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ne50G TIL There is an urban legend that the city of Berwick was at war with Russia from 1853 till the 1960's, when the mayor signed a treaty. The myth spawns from Berwick's absence from the Treaty of Paris that ended the Crimean War, in reality Berwick was not included in the original declaration of war.
KOdV9 TIL Bananas produce antimatter. They release one positron—the antimatter equivalent of an electron—about every 75 minutes.
6K1X TIL in 2015, a former Google employee purchased the Google domain for $12 because of an error. Google offered to pay him $6006.13 (that spells “Google”) to have it back. When he said he would donate it to charity, they doubled it to $12,000.
JYeel TIL there are rural areas of northern England where the pronouns “thou” and “thee” are still in common use
PYn4L TIL that in 2001 Yahoo! Mail accidentally changed words like medieval to medireview to prevent XSS Attacks.