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TIL The Mississippi University for Women has a Men’s Basketball team.

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167WP TIL about Jeff the Sea Lion who went over Niagara Falls in 1963. Jeff, who escaped from nearby Marineland of Canada, was eventually captured a few days later “sunning” on a rock with a teenager, Tommy Haines. Tommy was rewarded $50 for the successful capture.
6E4Ow TIL Everybody Draw Mohammed Day (or Draw Mohammed Day) was a 2010 event in support of artists threatened with violence for drawing representations of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It stemmed from a protest against censorship of the American television show South Park episode "201", led by the show'.
4kddJ TIL that the reason why ABBA and many Swedish bands wore tacky and glamour outfits in the 70s and 80s was due to tax write-offs
wAkW TIL A Florida Sheriff’s Office twice arrested the wrong “Ashley Chiasson”, who served 5 weeks in jail, even though there was a 20lb and 5 inch difference in the women and they had a different middle name. Key witnesses and victims were not shown photo lineups to identify the suspect in both cases.
woNXP TIL about the pinhead pearlfish, which lives inside the body cavity of sea cucumbers. Individuals fight over host sea cucumbers, and it enters them through the anus.