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TIL the phrase "vox populi, vox dei" was originally a warning about the dangers of listening to the crowd

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lo5or TIL of Latrell Sprewell, a basketball player whose career ended when he refused a $21-million 3-year contract, implying that he felt it wasn’t enough money to feed his children. He was never offered another contract by an NBA team, and has since experienced financial troubles.
GYJG1 TIL Lisa Nowak operated the robotic arm on the International Space Station and also became the first astronaut ever to be arrested. She is remembered for wearing maximum-absorption garments—government-issued astronaut diapers—during her 950-mile drive from Houston to Orlando
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N7dE TIL that in 1979 an LA man received thousands of parking tickets due to DMV computers matching tickets for cars without plates to his custom “NO PLATE” license plate.
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