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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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LkRnv TIL that Samuel Pepys kissed the 200 year old corpse of Henry V's wife, Queen Katherine of Valois, on the "lips" whilst visiting Westminster Abbey.
Wkeko TIL about glow-in-the-dark kitties. Scientists insert the GFP(green fluorescent protein from jellyfish) gene along with another gene that blocks feline AIDS, into the cat's unfertilized eggs. When the eggs are fertilized, glowing cats are produced, which means that they also have the anti-AIDS gene.
VMrVD TIL the Washington monument was constructed in 2 phases separated by over 2 decades, due to funding issues. The stones used in the 2nd phase was different from the one used earlier. Though they looked similar then, the stones have aged differently and the difference is clearly visible now.
wE4Y TIL that mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
LklxV TIL: The release of a new Harry Potter book had such an impact that researchers in Oxford found that the admission rate of children with traumatic injuries to the city's emergency rooms plummeted on the publication weekends of both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.