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TIL that Scooby-Doo has starred in 14 separate animated TV series since 1969

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8a8nK TIL that a plane carrying 6,000 pounds of pot crashed in Yosemite National Park. Climbers in Yosemite Valley heard news of the crash and sparked a miniature gold rush with up to 20 people searching the frozen crash site. Much of the weed was salvaged, smoked, or sold before park rangers caught on.
1nO8 TIL a man named Vincent Ocasla has created a fully functional “flawless” Sim City 3000 game spanning 1.5 years of theory and planning, followed by 2.5 years of construction. He is considered to have “beaten” the game.
J1Aok TIL Dr. Ozel Clifford Brazil helped 18,000 students get to college over a 15-year period by fudging the information on students' applications. He was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for financial aid fraud & ordered to pay nearly $750,000 in restitution. Although, he never rolled over on anyone.
7rnwM TIL that when his friend Hephaestion died, Alexander the Great held a hugely expensive funeral that it has been estimated to have cost the modern equivalent of two billion dollars
pYJlA TIL people tape tennis balls to the back of their pajamas to prevent snoring