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TIL in 1995 Michael Jordan ruined Muggsy Bogues’ career with one line of trash talk.

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E187o TIL that the Department of Energy will warn future humans 10,000 years from now about the presence of buried nuclear waste in New Mexico with 32 25-foot granite pillars. The pillars will be engraved with pictograms and warnings in many languages, along with buried magnets and radar reflectors.
kOZ0B TIL: Rogue waves can occur occur in the open ocean creating walls of water up to 40m high, as well as rogue troughs which can create a deep pit in the open ocean.
Vk90 TIL that Canadian doctors invented a procedure to help a woman with bone cancer where they almost literally cut her in half and then (mostly) put her back together.
W7QLo TIL Shakespeare's skull is missing from his grave, which mysteriously does not bear his name, but rather a curse: “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones."
kOoR4 TIL that in the 1980's, A&W tried to compete with the McDonald's Quarter Pounder by selling a 1/3 burger at a lower cost. The product failed, because most customers thought 1/4 pound was bigger.