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TIL J. Cole graduated college in 2007, but didn’t receive his diploma until 8 years later because he owed money for a library book he never paid for.

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nWal7 TIL The 1741 HMS Wager shipwreck, 6 months suffering on South Chilean Island, 60 crew mutinied leaving Captain Cheap with all the sick men and no chance to survive. The mutineers arrived in London in 1842. Cheap hiked the Andes, nearly starved in jail but arrived in London to see the mutineers hung.
J1dr4 TIL that the first bees emerged over 120 million years ago, surviving the dinasour wipe out. It is revealed in a recent study in Current Biology. Surprisingly, bees diversified and spread much faster than previously believed.
70QM TIL that for 15 years, Wilson Sporting Goods has sold a volleyball that is identical to Wilson from the movie Cast Away.
KYXYw TIL The first snowboard was invented in 1917 & patented in 1939
Wk9MN TIL Pearl Jam has been calculating the carbon footprint from their tours since 2003, and have donated enough to environmental projects to counter that.