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TIL Shaquille O'Neal earned a PhD in Education, and his thesis was on “Humor in Leadership”.

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gr67L TIL fish need sleep, too, but when parrotfish sleep they wrap a cocoon of mucus around themselves – essentially, making their own sleeping bag every night that protects the parrotfish not just from predators, but from parasites.
4k8Ow TIL that prior to reunification, there were two regions in East Germany that were out of range of West German TV broadcasts and were sarcastically nicknamed the "Valley of the Clueless" (Tal der Ahnungslosen)
W7YB4 TIL corporate fines are tax-deductible as long as they are "made for the purpose of gaining or producing income from the business" (in Canada)
v10x7 TIL there are 44 Kmart stores still in operation, with 6 in Puerto Rico, 4 in the US Virgin Islands, and 1 in Guam
Vmbm TIL the Soviets were trying to collect rock samples from the Moon with a probe at the exact same time the Appolo 11 mission was taking place in 1969. While Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were walking on the Moon, their probe malfunctioned and crashed into the surface miles away from them.