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TIL when Polish javelin star Maria Andrejczyk found out about an 8 month old that needed life saving surgery, she auctioned off her Olympic silver medal to help raise some of the needed funds. A Polish store chain won it and instead of collecting the medal, they promptly announced she could keep it.

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NX6d6 TIL, though released a month earlier, the Movie "My Blue Heaven" is a loose sequel to "Goodfellas". The screenwriter Nora Ephron based Steve Martin's Character on Henry Hill (played by Ray Liotta in Goodfellas). She was also married to the Writer the book "Goodfellas" was based on, Nicholas Pileggi.
loZeA TIL in 2014, Ice Cube got his name on an actual Goodyear Blimp. But it didn't read "Ice Cube's a Pimp". It read "IT'S A GOOD DAY." instead.
awLrM TIL that a 99-year lease was, under historic common law, the longest possible term of a lease of real property. It is no longer the law in most common law jurisdictions today, yet 99-year leases continue to be common as a matter of business practice.
n0kB TIL The children’s book “Rascal” became popular in Japan in the 1970’s which let to a mass importation of pet raccoons for kids. When people realized raccoons are TERRIBLE pets they were released and there are wild raccoons causing problems in Japan to this day.
rNAlo TIL Titanic’s Tender (Ship to Shore Ferry), SS Nomadic is the only surviving White Star Line Ship; it has been restored to its original livery (ship’s paint scheme) and serves as a museum.