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TIL Kobe Bryant’s grandmother only came to see him play one game his entire professional career. That one game versus the Toronto Raptors he scored 81 points.

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VMAYQ TIL about the organisation that lets you “buy” an acre of threatened rainforest for around $100 to protect it from deforestation.
8eEw8 TIL Harley Quinn was meant to apear once in Batman the animated series. Then Paul Dini changed his mind when he thought givin the Joker a foil would bring out some of his personality traits.
m1EjE TIL Marquis de la Fayette, known as 'The Hero of the Two Worlds' for the key role he played in both the American and French Revolutions, is descended from another man also known as de la Fayette, who was a companion-at-arms of Joan of Arc and fought England in the Siege of Orleans in 1429
E15E0 TIL about David Edmondson, who lied on his resume to get a position as a Vice President of Marketing at RadioShack in the 90's. He worked his way up over 11 years to become CEO and resigned in disgrace after it was revealed his resume was falsified.
a86eN TIL there is an artificial island in Maldives called Thilafushi, which was created as a landfill to help with the waste from the capital city Malé. This dumpsite has been neglected and abandoned for the last three decades and it is now just starting to see positive changes.