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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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x6eW5 TIL that the Alf TV series ended with Alf kidnapped by the US government (which wanted to disect Alf). Originally a season finale cliffhanger, this ended up being the series finale.
R7g5w TIL that “Toy Story 2” was almost lost when a staff member accidentally ran a command deleting valuable files. They were able to salvage two months of intensive work because one of the technical directors had just had a baby, was working from home, and had saved backups on their home computer.
ANN0n TIL of the 1967 novel "Bear", a Canadian novel about a women who has a sexual relationship with a bear. It sold a million copies.
yVV6a TIL about the Demon Core, a spherical 6.2 kg. mass of plutonium intented to be a third nuclear weapon against Japan. After Japan surrended, it was kept in the US where it caused the death of two Nuclear Physicists.
9Y1XG TIL In the 1980's UK newspaper 'The Sun' published topless photos of 16 year olds who were still in school on its page 3. With titles such as 'Sam quits A-levels for ooh-levels'