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TIL Alfonso Ribeiro said the Carlton Banks character was as far away from who actually was as possible. He grew up with hip hop in the Bronx, and never heard of Tom Jones and had to have CDs and articles brought to him to learn what Calrton liked.

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LQNnv TIL Hawaii has an endemic raspberry. Rubus hawaiensis, also called ‘Ākala. It is found on the islands of Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Maui, O’ahu, and Hawaiʻi. The berries have a semi-sweet flavor and is a food source for many native birds.
dDakE TIL about the "Small Penis Rule" used in writing. It can be used to help authors evade libel lawsuits by giving characters based on real-life people a small penis.
LVd TIL that Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s can be traced as far back as three years into his first term of presidency
oy1R TIL that the Guatemalan currency, the quetzal, was originally a bird’s tail feathers. “Since it was a crime to kill a quetzal, the bird was simply captured, its long tail feathers plucked, and was set free.”
PYaBe TIL Jame Watson (co-discoverer of DNA) decided to auction off his Nobel prize medal in view of his diminished income, for US$4.1 million. The medal was subsequently returned to Watson by the purchaser, Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov.