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TIL that Nike Air Jordans account for 1 in every 3 dollars spent on sneakers on Ebay

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4rnJ TIL John Lennon loved the B-52’s and their hit “Rock Lobster”
m1lLP TIL at the prompting of a prison chaplain, Joseph Paul Jernigan of Texas accepted to donate his body for scientific research or medical use. His cadaver was then used by the Visible Human Project, which then cut his body in 1871 1-millimeter cross-sections, which were then digitalized
LkyoV TIL that Joshua Norton, most famous for proclaiming himself "Emperor of the United States", once successfully stopped a race riot by standing between the rioters and Chinese labourers and repeatedly reciting the Lord's Prayer until they dispersed
loVeG TIL the Baghdad Pact was a NATO type alliance between the UK, Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan until 1979
ADbRa TIL the US Air Force had a special forces unit of weather men.