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TIL Michael Jordan, aka The Chicago Dynamo, was fined $5000 for each game he wore his signature Air Jordans. Nike paid all the fines.

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5YVVk TIL a nationwide study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1999 and 2000 found low levels of pharmaceuticals—including antibiotics, hormones, contraceptives and steroids—in 80 percent of the rivers and streams sampled.
ne7r7 TIL that up until 2017 the Swiss Air Force operates only on weekdays from 8am to 6pm. They now work weekends but are still limited to office hours.
8mKP TIL a fire burned down the warehouse of the animation company behind the Wallace and Gromit films, destroying “the entire history” of the animation series.
Nm7J TIL an 80 year old millionaire hid a treasure chest in New Mexico worth between $1 - $3 million, and it has yet to be found. The clues to the treasure are hidden in his memoir.
epwN6 TIL in 1978, two men dug up Charlie Chaplin's body and held it for $600,000 ransom. (They were caught and the body recovered later that year.)