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TIL that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said that the manager of officials of the NBA “wouldn’t be able to manage a Dairy Queen.” Dairy Queen was offended by this and invited him to manage a Dairy Queen for a day. Cuban accepted the company’s invitation and worked for a day at a Dairy Queen

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gMZVy TIL that when the host of "Candid Camera" Allen Funt was on a flight that was highjacked, passengers recognized him and thought the it was all just a joke for the show. Despite his insistence that the hijacking was real, no one believed him until the plane landed in Cuba.
9G6M TIL that Inuits really have a term that means Eskimo brother: “aipak”, or “other me”, describing a positive relationship with someone who has slept with his wife.
grDOb TIL sperm racing is a thing
0k41 TIL that in rural Georgia, there are still “Whites Only” school functions, where non-whites are turned away by the police. In 2013, Wilcox County High School will be having its first integrated prom.
KgV4 TIL Gold can be created in a laboratory, but it is dangerously radioactive.