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TIL MJ chose the iconic #23 as his jersey number to tribute his older brother, Larry Jordan. MJ stated that he wished to become half the man his brother was.

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v1ED8 TIL that during the Great Depression, the state of Arkansas was in such bad financial shape that the treasurer at one point reported a balance of $4.62 for the entire general revenue fund of the state.
oBVw7 TIL that in 2004 nearly one-third of the adult male population of the Pitcairn islands was convicted of child sex assault, even the mayor. His son, the current mayor is also a convicted sex offender. Another mayor who served in between them was convicted for possession of child pornography.
DQo5Y TIL that the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has 40,000 legally dead people who are still alive.
oBwoE TIL there is a Sake in Japan called Kuchikamizake made out of the saliva of virginal girls and rice.
e08NJ TIL about Sally. The canine mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. She accompanied the regiment through nearly the entire war until being mortally wounded in February 1865