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TIL that when he was 26, Pete Maravich said “I don’t want to play 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at age 40” in an interview. He went on to play 10 years in the NBA, and died of a heart attack at age 40.

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5Zpr TIL an octopus called Inky escaped from his tank at a New Zealand aquarium by finding a weak spot in the glass, dragging himself along the floor and escaping through a pipe that led to the ocean
NXbLM TIL the album "A Christmas Gift For You" was released on Nov 22, 1963 - the same day JFK was assassinated - which led to the album’s low sales. After being reissued in 1972, the album started gaining popularity, and in 2019, it was ranked as the greatest Christmas album of all time by Rolling Stone.
56vn TIL The Golden Ass is the only Ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety
mx5JM TIL that knitting was an exclusively male profession in the Middle Ages. It would take six years of apprenticeship to become a member of a knitting guild.
6EjV8 TIL a song about a dead skunk reached 16th place in the music charts in 1973 and has been played every Friday since 1985 by a radio station in Illinois.