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TIL the comic strip that started Popeye was actually about Olive Oil. Popeye was a side character

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16w5W 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.
N7oN TIL that Bobby Fischer played the “Game of the Century” in tournament play in which he sacrificed his queen and won the game. And he was 13years old when it did it.
p8W68 TIL that a man, Tommie Woodward, was killed by an alligator after yelling "Fuck that alligator" and jumping into the water nearby. Woodward, who was drinking in an outdoor bar, had been warned not to enter the water because of the beast. There were also signs that warned of alligator attacks.
kX6E TIL English writer Charles Foster and his eight year old son lived like badgers in a hole in the ground for several weeks. They ate worms and grasshoppers, and travelled by crawling on their stomachs.
1nbd TIL Brian May, lead guitarist of ‘Queen’, has a PhD in Astrophysics and co-authored two scientific research papers while in Queen.