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TIL certain wagers aren't allowed on Jeopardy, such as $666, $69, and $1488

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W7JgL TIL about The Public Universal Friend; a genderless Quaker who preached in the late 1700’s-early 1800’s
e0V5k TIL that there was a rumor that Stephen Hawking would deliberately run over the toes of people he didn’t like. He denied this rumor by stating it was “A Malicious rumor” and “I’ll run over anyone who repeats it”.
VplB TIL that after Kenny Waters was convicted of murder, his sister put herself through college and law school to prove his innocence. She worked with the Innocence Project to get DNA tested, and he was freed. The 2010 movie “Conviction”, starring Hillary Swank, was based on his story.
wonNJ TIL of the practice of leblouh, where young girls in Mauritania are force fed up to 16,000 calories a day in order to fatten them up for marriage.
1ajw7 TIL about ghost bikes, which are bicycles painted white, used to symbolize where a cyclist was killed