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TIL: Popular DJ Steve Aoki is the heir to the Benihana restaurant franchise

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KYLVQ TIL in 1985, a black bear in the mountains of Georgia became infamous for consuming a huge quantity of cocaine. A drug smuggler dropped 88lb out of a plane ($15 million worth). Later, the bear was discovered dead near the duffel bag after an overdose and is now taxidermed and on display in Kentucky
a8EAL TIL that while men and women have the same average IQ, men’s IQ curve has a wider distribution while women have a narrower distribution. So men tend to have more geniuses and more idiots while women tend to be closer to the average.
gM6DW TIL In Star Trek: The Next Generation, it was originally planned for Deanna Troi to have four breasts, before Gene Roddenberry's wife told him that this was a poor idea.
kJ1kd TIL that the New York Times Best-Seller list is not a mathematically objective factual content based on sales figures, but editorial content protected under the US constitution as free speech
kJPa4 TIL: In the UK they are 5 types of Pedestrian Crossings: Zebra, Pelican, Puffin, Toucan and Pegasus.