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TIL in 2012 law student Jonathan Nichols got a new cell phone, he didn't expect to get the number once used by Sir Mix-A-Lot. Since then he has been overloaded with pictures of women in bikinis.

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dbkj TIL during OJ Simpson’s verdict announcement trading on the New York Stock Exchange dropped 41% and that so much work stopped across the world to watch, an estimated $480 million was lost in productivity.
7akp TIL (from the former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation) that if you work for an airline and you blow the whistle on them for safety violations, you will NEVER be able to work in the aviation industry OR in any related government agencies ever again
W7YyL TIL Timothy Dalton, "James Bond" actor was first approached to play the role twenty years before he ended up doing it.
kOyd5 TIL of Austin Tice, a freelance journalist and U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was abducted on August 14, 2012 while reporting on the civil war in Syria. He has since been missing for more than 9 years.
OGDvY TIL on May 28th, 1993, a mysterious seismic disturbance was detected in Western Australia. Theories for what caused it include an asteroid impact (crater wasn't found), mining explosion (much too powerful), earthquake (uncharacteristic), and a nuclear test by a Japanese doomsday cult.