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TIL NBA Champion Jason Williams won a national high school basketball championship with Super Bowl champion Randy Moss

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a8OoZ TIL a brinicle is formed when sea ice cracks and leaks saline water to the open ocean. The heavier-than-water brine sinks to the ocean floor while freezing the fresh water it comes in contact with, growing downward. A brinicle reaching the sea floor can catch creatures like sea urchins and starfish
J18km TIL that the chicken (Gallus domesticus) is a domesticated species that arose from the red junglefowl, originally from India
e0AOJ TIL that when Koko the gorilla met William Shatner, she grabbed him by the balls.
PjVe TIL British car firm Jaguar changed its name from SS Cars in 1945 for obvious reasons. It’s choice of logo did not help
VBwoD TIL in 1898, dissatisfied with the city leadership of Wilmington North Carolina, Alfred Moore Waddell led a mob to overthrow it and took over as mayor for eight years. He faced little opposition from the US government and no real consequences.