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TIL when the University of Minnesota commissioned a local artist to create its mascot (the Golden Gophers), the man they picked had never seen a gopher before. His design was based on chipmunks.

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v1dG7 TIL Chevy Chase is one of the most hated people in Hollywood. He once accused Terry Sweeny of having AIDS because he was gay, openly mocked Robert Downey Jr's father, told Kevin Smith that he invented everything funny and told a female SNL writer to give him a handjob during a meeting
Y7Mnx TIL of Mrs Chippy, a ship's cat aboard the Endurance during Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition. After Shackleton drove the ship into an ice-locked position, stranding everyone on the ice, he ordered the cat and several dogs shot because they were "weak".
Agp4 TIL That in Alabama, one can use the phrase “Roll Tide” instead of “I do” as a wedding proposal
XEDgQ TIL the word 'laser' is actually an acronym. It stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
mx8Gy TIL in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. the United States Supreme Court ruled Hollywood's Big Five could no longer own movie theaters, thus breaking up their oligopoly. Before its ruling, Hollywood studios controlled the filming, producing, printing and distribution of their movies.