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TIL: Shaq earned a doctorate in Education

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WkKVX TIL the term "Genericide"- That if a Trademark begins being used as a generic term for other items of it's kind to the point where it becomes the more common term for the item than the items generic name, the Trademark can be removed. Escalators used to be a trademark but this happened with them.
M7KLB TIL that Neapolitan pizza originated in Italy. Since 2004, Neapolitan pizza has been required by Italian law to have wheat flour, flour yeast, peeled tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, sea salt, and olive oil in order to qualify as pizza.
MKbB TIL Quentin Tarantino wanted Kurt Cobain to play to play Eric Stoltz’s character Lance (the drug dealer) in Pulp Fiction
9Ym1r TIL when a chimpanzee that learns an effective method to crack nuts open is placed into a new group that uses a less effective strategy, it will eventually stop using the superior method just to blend in with the rest of the chimps.
VMad0 TIL Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson on "The Simpsons", is a decorated Scientologist, and has donated 10 million dollars to the church.