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TIL while practicing for the '92 Olympics, the Dream Team lost (62-54) to an assembled squad of the best NCAA players. Head Coach Chuck Daly had limited Jordan's playing time & also made other non-optimal substitions in order to "throw the game" to teach the NBA players that they were not unbeatable

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R5578 TIL limes are only green because they are unripe. They are sent that way to stores because they’re easier to ship. Unlike oranges and lemons, limes don’t ripen once picked, so they stay green. Ripe limes are yellow.
neWBB TIL that Shakespeare had Merlin delusions
awdwo TIL After Margaret Schilling went missing in the Athens Lunatic Asylum, her body was found one month later in a locked abandoned part of the hospital. The gruesome stain on the floor can still be seem today and the mystery surrounding her death has never been solved
A6xn TIL that the Couch Gag in The Simpsons intro developed into a clever way to adjust the show’s runtime as needed.
mm1o TIL that Judge Judy makes more money than any celebrity other than Lebron James with $123,000 a day, which amounts to $45 million a year.