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TIL that since Paul G. Lind of Portland, Oregon, loved to play Scrabble so much, his family and friends decided to have a Scrabble-themed tombstone made just for him when he died in 2005.

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KORV6 TIL in 2013, a wild male tiger walked right up to a tiger enclosure at a zoo in India. Attracted by a captive female, the zookeepers let him in through a door in the enclosure. He stayed for a month, then escaped by jumping the fence, then returned a few weeks later.
rRQb1 TIL that Gregor Mendel, through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance. He deduced that genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent.
XE9Lk TIL future World Series-winning manager Terry Francona managed the Double-A Birmingham Barons in 1994 when Michael Jordan played a season of minor league baseball with the Barons
Yb8d TIL that Exxon’s punitive damages for the Exxon Valdex oil spill were reduced from $5 billion to $507.5 million
JNMk TIL that in “The Empire Strikes Back”, director George Lucas used Norwegian mountain rescue skiers as Echo Base troops on Hoth. To thank them for their participation, Lucasfilm made a large donation to the Norwegian Red Cross.