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TIL that there’s a conspiracy theory that the 1985 NBA Draft Lottery was rigged so that the New York Knicks would win, so that they could draft Patrick Ewing

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Oomga TIL that koala fingerprints are nearly identical to human's and could taint crime scenes
pY5j8 TIL about Flaco, an owl that escaped from the Central Park zoo. The WSJ called him a peeping tom for frequently being caught looking in apartment windows throughout Manhattan. 1 year after escape he collided into a building, his necropsy revealed large traces of rat poison and pigeon herpesvirus.
GYo8Q TIL Snoop Dogg has released a lullaby album which features 12 of his hits made kid-friendly in partnership with Rockabye Baby! Music, including: "Gin and Juice," "Drop It Like It's Hot," "Sensual Seduction," and "Snoop's Upside Ya Head."
lokvr TIL that in 1977 the FDA made a policy to exclude "all women of childbearing potential" from clinical trials after thalidomide (an anti-nausea drug used in pregnancy) caused detrimental birth defects.
VMLVZ TIL of Eben Grumpy of Iowa who was a little slow in paying John Sputter $30 he owed him. Sputter threatened to sue, so Grumpy painted a check on a door and dropped it on him from a third-story window next time he came over. A court ruled the door was legal payment.