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TIL the Hollywood sign used to say Hollywoodland

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PYENw TIL the 1994 NBA MVP Hakeem Olajuwon released pairs of $35 sneakers instead of endorsing shoes from other brands. He said, “How can a poor working mother with three boys buy Nikes or Reeboks that cost $120…She can’t. So kids steal these shoes from stores and others. Sometimes they kill for them
4kgJg TIL the founder of Utilitarianism had his body preserved & displayed in a British college. He's currently chillin' in the student center.
Nr6Q TIL at normal speed, it takes a fully loaded supertanker/oil tanker approximately 20 minutes to stop, they cut their engines 15 miles away from the dock
69L0J TIL Catherine O’Hara (Moira from Shitt’s Creek) has reversed internal organs, a condition known as situs inversus
BrBKy TIL that some Canadian atheists believe in the Ten Commandments