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TIL that Boston Celtics legend Bob Cousy was appointed commissioner of the American Soccer League despite his unfamiliarity with the sport. He was relieved of his duties after 5 years because despite his tenure, Cousy would still go around telling people he knew nothing about soccer.

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gMeJ4 TIL Rockstar can cause jitteriness, anxiety, and high blood sugar levels. If mixed with alcohol, it may also mask the level of alcohol intoxication. Rockstar Original was named Worst Energy Drink by Men's Health magazine for having 280 calories due to 67.5 grams of sugar
EGWd TIL that Julie d'Aubigny was a 17th-century bisexual opera singer/fencing expert who killed or wounded at least ten men in duels and once snuck into (and set fire to) a convent so she could shag one of the nuns.
KOE86 TIL of Operation Moolah, a 1953 USAF effort to obtain a combat capable Soviet MiG-15 jet by rewarding any defecting Communist pilot 100k cash. The person who won it didn't even know it was being offered.
0LdR TIL that words such as moose, skunk, raccoon, pecan, and squash, all originate from the language of the now-extinct Algonquian tribe, which inhabited what is now Roanoke Island.
yVjlJ TIL: There is a Single Street in a Residential Neighborhood in Newport Beach, CA that is Zoned to Allow Kennels to Operate