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TIL a commercial for the Cocoa Pebbles cereal led Hulk Hogan to sue the company. The commercial had a character named Hulk Boulder fighting Flinstones characters. He claimed it damaged his reputation and used his image. Hogan and the company came to an agreement to never show the ad again.

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rdOy TIL Texas keeps track of all criminal convictions and whether those convicted had a concealed handgun licenses (CHL). CHL holders accounted for 0.1897% of the criminal convictions in 2012.
wLlZ7 TIL Darwin's Beetle (Chiasognathus grantii) have giant mandibles (more than 1/2 their body length) they use to battle males as they climb trees where females are found for a chance to mate. The mandibles can hook rivals under the wings to throw them off the tree, as well as the female after mating.
XEEGQ TIL Yolanda Saldivar, infamous for murdering Selena, has served everyday since her sentence in isolation, due to death threats and bounties from prison gangs and the mexican mafia.
Zera TIL in 1986 the United Way released 1.5 million balloons in Cleveland as a publicity stunt. It clogged the land and waterways of NE Ohio, shut down an airport runway, and forced the Coast Guard to suspend a search and rescue of 2 men who ended up drowning.
Wg4B TIL: There is an Ikea effect in which a person places a disproportionately high value on objects that they partially assembled themselves, regardless of the quality of the end result.