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TIL that the trend of baggy shorts in the NBA was started by Michael Jordan because he wanted to wear his UNC shorts under his Bulls shorts.

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VMoJm Today I learned "Sudoku" was actually originally invented by an American architect named "Howard Garns" in 1979, baring the name "Number Place"
1ax6W TIL In high concentrations Glycerol sweetener is used to store skin grafts because it kills even extremely resilient viruses such as Herpes. At high concentrations it kills off viruses within a week.
LJP0 TIL cats with the top part of an ear cleanly cut off is a marking of a feral cat that has been trapped, neutered, and released to control population
GADbN TIL that people born blind cannot become schizophrenic
p86oO TIL "Roar" is considered the most dangerous film ever made. Over 100 big cats roamed during filming without adequate trainers, and more than 70 of the crew were injured. The director suffered many attacks, at points developing gangrene and blood poisoning. The cinematographer was scalped.