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TIL that the word “Sanction” is an antonym of itself.

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a9k9 TIL that Hugh Hefner doesn’t own the Playboy Mansion. Playboy owns the house and Hefner must pay an annual fee to cover rent and other expenses like food and parties. Including the room and board for Hefner’s many live in girlfriends.
rN7J4 TIL that Erik Weihenmayer was the first person to climb mount Everest blind
xVPBD TIL that following a plagiarism trial against Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown, the judge handed down his ruling with his own code embedded within. It was later discovered by a writer for The Guardian & dubbed "The Smithy Code".
eO6E TIL of Stanley Meyer’s water powered car, mysterious death, and final words: “They poisoned me!”
b956E TIL of a fan campaign to get Donald Glover the lead in "Amazing Spider-Man." It failed, but his character on Community wore Spidey PJs as a nod. That episode inspired a Marvel writer to create Miles Morales, the first Black Spider-Man. Glover went on to play Miles' uncle in "Spider-Man: Homecoming"