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TIL Rickey Henderson was so proud of his $1,000,000 bonus check he framed it instead of cashing it.

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kZ1m TIL that The North Face clothing company sued a clothing company called The South Butt.
W7159 TIL that the oldest undisputed depiction of a human (discovered so far) is the Venus of Hohle Fels from about 40,000 years ago. It is housed today in a museum in the small German town of Blaubeuren, close to where it was discovered.
bgga TIL an orangutan would break out of his zoo enclosure on nice days. He did it by maneuvering through obstacles and using a key he made out of wire. Between escapes, he hid the key in his mouth.
A8og TIL Before Chernobyl, the Soviets had another massive nuclear disaster which contaminated over 20,000 square km. The area was turned into a preserve to cover up the accident. The CIA knew of the accident, but also covered it up in order to protect the fledgling US nuclear industry from hysteria.
0QB1 TIL that a sunburn isn’t skin cells being damaged and dying, it’s the skin cell DNA being damaged and then committing suicide to prevent cancers from growing, in a process called UVB-induced Apoptosis.