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TIL that Nike’s famous “Just Do It” slogan was inspired by murderer Gary Gilmore’s last words, moments before he was executed by a firing squad in 1977.

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XYKD TIL when AOL 4.0 launched in 1998, they used ALL of the world’s CD production capacity for several weeks
9b8D TIL there is a death metal band called Hatebeak and their lead singer is a parrot
PY91e TIL that an 11-year-old boy was suspended for 364 days for bringing what "looked like a marijuana leaf" to school, despite it being tested negative for marijuana three times.
7AYx TIL in 1983, a small town in Missouri was permanently evacuated when high levels of dioxin were discovered in soil samples. It was discovered that a man hired to oil the dirt roads to keep dust down had used waste from a company making Agent Orange.
woA8W TIL about the Ray Mancini Vs Duk Koo Kim boxing match which ended in tragedy. Not only did Kim die of injuries sustained, but his mother and the referee to the fight later took their own lives. As a result of this match, the number of allowed boxing rounds was fixed at 12.