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TIL Michael Jordan makes hundreds of millions of dollars per year in passive income as a result of his deal with Nike

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7yYZ TIL an American POW in Osaka, narrowly avoided an execution by uttering the words “He can kill me, but he will not kill my spirit, and my spirit will lodge inside him and haunt him for the rest of his life.”. The Japanese officer backed off.
kJQ1B TIL The corpse of Eva Peron was lost and re-discovered in a crypt in Milan under a fake name, then was moved inside Peron's house in Spain. After assassinating Pedro Aramburu, a group of rebels held his body hostage and tried to use it as bargain to negotiate the return of Eva's body to Argentina
gr0Ay TIL that the hagfish is the only known vertebrate animal with a skull but no spine. Instead it has separate bone sections in its back that function as a spine. They're also capable of absorbing nutrients from the surrounding water directly through their skin.
xVbAo TIL being in the US Congress was originally considered a civic duty and only paid $5,000
v1OkK TIL ‘Spirit In The Sky’ was written in fifteen minutes after Jewish-raised Norman Greenbaum saw a host sing a gospel song on TV. He said, “Yeah, I could do that.”