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TIL about Matthew Slater. A WR for the New England Patriots who made the Pro Bowl 10x despite only recording one career reception.

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jNmga TIL in 1990 a Peter Maxwell of California owned a manufacturing company, employed himself, had an accident on the job, hired 2 lawyers for the company and himself, sued himself, won 122k, wrote the 122k off, was then refuted and fined by the IRS, THEN later won his appeal in US Tax Court
jNaOn TIL that some Inuit groups used ridicule in the form of song duels as a means of conflict resolution. Two men who had failed to resolve a conflict by other means would secretly compose derisive songs about their adversary. The whole camp gathered in a large igloo to observe the song duel.
NMdM TIL there was a Star Wars Holiday Special. It was so horrible, Lucas tried to have all copies deleted. To late.
QJ6Mp TIL that the '=' sign was designed in 1557 by Robert Recorde, having gotten fed up with writing 'is equal to'. He decided that there was nothing more equal than two parallel lines, and designed the symbol from that logic
wo56o TIL about a Zambian Space Program in the mid-1960s to send teenager Matha Mwambwa and two cats to the Moon. A mission to Mars was also planned. It was led by Edward Nkolonso, a former soldier and teacher. The purpose of the mission was to establish a Christian ministry for 'primitive' Martians.