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TIL that the Miami Heat retired the number 23 jersey in 2003, in honor of Michael Jordan, even though Jordan never played for the team

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66ZX TIL Jason Alexander, the actor for George on Seinfeld, once questioned Larry David about the script saying, “This could never happen to anyone, and even if it did, no human being would react like this.” David replied, “What do you mean? This happened to me once, and this is exactly how I reacted!”
pnPA TIL that there is a full contact Jousting World Championship title that is fought for every year, often resulting in serious injury
OG8A1 TIL Chadwick (the discoverer of neutron) was a student of Rutherford (discoverer of proton) who was the student of Thomson (discoverer of electron).
7rVZM TIL after sentencing veteran Green Beret to a night in jail for violating his probation, same judge who is also a vet learned what he was going through after reading his paperwork stayed overnight in the cell with him to be there for him
odKR TIL: A man who distrusted technology used carrier pigeons to communicate with his business partner. As such he wrote them off as a tax deduction.