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TIL: It is a common tactic in Scrabble to use words NOT in the dictionary, which is a legal move as long as the other player doesn’t call you out

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Rwba TIL there is a creature called a bearcat, and it smells like popcorn
d8E7j TIL about Matthew Ryan Hahn, a man that while robbing a house discovered photographs of a man molesting a 2 year old girl. Matthew had 2 strikes on his record already and risked life in prison but still sent evidence to the local police and admitted to the burglary.
awKOb TIL Michael Jackson broke a race barrier for Prince and other artists. Epic promoted Jackson’s singles to R&B and pop radio. Jackson worked with Paul McCartney and Eddie Van Halen. Billie Jean was the 1st video by a black artist in heavy rotation on MTV. The music industry was never the same.
OXm7 TIL Actress Candace Bergen’s father left $10,000 to his ventriloquist dummy and zero to her. His will said the dummy had “been my constant companion…from whom I have never been separated even for a day.” (The dummy had his own bedroom which was larger than Candace’s).
kJBG5 TIL Roald Dahl, the author of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Matilda', was a flying ace in WWII. He shot down at least five fighters (likely more) with little to no formal military training.