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TIL that most cancer patients do not qualify for Locks of Love hair donations, but all going through chemotherapy will qualify for wigs from Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths.

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Yl8x TIL Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut, was inspired to apply to NASA by the Star Trek character, Lieutenant Uhura. Jemison later went on to make a cameo appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
wL1d1 TIL that the beautiful "watermelon snow" is a phenomenon caused by algae which enjoy living in freezing cold water.
OBRR TIL A man near the Canadian border crushed 8 police cars with his tractor because he was angry about a marijuana arrest.
9ybr TIL that Bank of America mistakenly foreclosed a couple (Warren and Maureen Nyerges), who sued and won a judgment for $2500 in Legal expenses. While bank didn’t pay the couple showed up at the bank with a moving company, a deputy, and a writ allowing them to start seizing furniture and cash.
rRaZW TIL that 9/11, which caused all US planes to be grounded for 3 days, was used by Climate scientists to study the affect that contrails have on the environment.