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TIL Shaq is working toward his doctorate, with a capstone titled “The Duality of Humor and Aggression in Leadership Styles”

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WO19 TIL John Cleese’s ex-wife is now worth more than him due to their divorce settlement
WkAA8 TIL that in 2004, a woman's steel chastity belt triggered a security alarm at the metal detector. The woman explained that her husband had forced her to wear the device to prevent an extramarital affair while she was on vacation in Greece. She continued her flight to London on the pilot's authority.
X0v48 TIL there are over 1,000 homes in Edinburgh, Scotland that nobody has lived in for over 10 years. The most common reason is a reclusive homeowner passing away and nobody realizing they've inherited the property.
mx68O TIL Mormonism's Joseph Smith bought Egyptian scrolls from a travelling mummy salesman, translating the undeciphered glyphs to reveal the Book of Abraham — holy scripture written by Abraham himself. The papyrus survived, and modern Egyptologists found it's actually a funeral text for a guy named Hôr.
5YyP TIL MDMA is 100 years old this year