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TIL: There is a theory that the Dursleys in Harry Potter were such bad people because they were living with a horcrux (harry) for so long, similar to how other ones affected Ron and Ginny Weasley

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AD7nn TIL that Nike had conditions before giving rookie Michael Jordan a record contract: Either be rookie of the year, or average 20 ppg, or be an all star, or sell $4 mill worth shoes in a year. Jordan was rookie of the year, scored 28.2 ppg, named all star, and Nike sold $100 mill of shoes in 1984-85.
ANPm4 TIL that car window "escape tools" won't work on many modern car windows
QJAma TIL about Wizard Island, an island created from a volcanic eruption inside the lake of an older volcanic eruption's caldera
j6pKN TIL how glitter is made
QNGNe TIL that Mel Brook's character in Blazing Saddles was named after a famous French flatulist, Joseph Pujol, better known by his stage name Le Pétomane.