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TIL in WNBA history, there have been only 6 slam dunks.

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PkOO TIL To avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Kim Coppola changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.
Y70gr TIL of Anna Anderson, an impostor who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. Despite a private investigation proving she was a Polish factory worker with a history of mental illness, Anna managed to garner support due to disinformation spread by the Bolsheviks about Anastasia's execution.
d8WD9 TIL of the "Brussels effect", which is when EU laws end up raising the standards of regulations worldwide, simply because the EU market is so massive and it's less of a hassle for businesses to just fully adopt EU standards even in non-EU countries
095 TIL there is a Doctor in Nashville who has developed a way to cure the blind using tissue from an adult donor, and an amniotic membrane transplant with tissue from the amniotic sac.
QJRAL TIL Metallica’s debut album, Kill Em’ All, was originally supposed to be named “Metal Up Your Ass”