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TIL actor Jason Segel answered to "Dr. Dunk" in high school

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4XjOw TIL scholars have found that however far back in time "The Age of Chivalry" is searched for in the historical record, it is always further in the past
0dEEv TIL the Baseball Hall of Fame has never paid a dollar to acquire a single item
Yp7vA TIL the most points scored in an NBA game is 186 by the Detroit Pistons against the Denver Nuggets. The second most is 184 by the Denver Nuggets, in the same game on Dec 13, 1983.
Wakd TIL: A B-17 gunner put out an ammunition fire during a battle by urinating on it - later earning a Medal of Honor
yQ6Ma TIL of Shennong, the Chinese God of Agriculture. Once a mortal man, he invented agriculture and travelled the world to eat every plant in existence to determine to his people which ones are edible, medicinal, and/or poisonous. He eventually poisoned himself, but his deeds raised him to Godhood