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TIL that there are mattress sizes larger than California King and cost up to $5,000 named after American states Texas, Wyoming and Alaska

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jNBOR TIL the kidnapped British aid worker Linda Norgrove was killed by a grenade thrown by a Navy SEAL during a failed rescue operation. The SEALs did not immediately notify senior officers about throwing the grenade; this breached military law, and a number of sailors were disciplined
Kv5w TIL Sam Jackson had the same amount of screen time in Pulp Fiction as John Travolta yet was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar while Travolta got nominated for Best Actor.
0w78v TIL that from 1950 until 1966, NBA teams could specifically draft a player if they attended a college withkn 50 miles of the team's arena; players like Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson were drafted this way
78VNr TIL Fred Armisen was in a Chicago-based punk band called Trenchmouth
eJpk TIL Elephants can be right or left-tusked the same way humans have a dominant hand. Their dominant tusk is usually more worn down.