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TIL Michael Jordan sued two Chicago grocery chains for using his name when they placed ads congratulating him on being elected to the Basketball hall of fame

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5VR8 TIL that Nelson Mandela was not taken off the US terror list until 2008
xNn7 TIL that butterflies remember their days as a caterpillar. Despite going into a completely liquified state during metamorphosis, the neurons for their brain stay arranged as such to allow for the memories to stay intact.
DQavJ TIL that in The Shawshank Redemption, when Morgan Freeman’s character is asked “why do they call you Red?” and he responds with “maybe it’s because I’m Irish”. It’s because the character in the novel was a red haired Irish man. They cast Freeman for the part but added the line as a joke.