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TIL Michael Jordan endorsed Johnson hair care products before he went bald. This is one of his commercials before he forfeited his deal because he was going bald and didn't want to endorse products he didn't use.

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XEANX TIL about Trap–neuter–return, a program through which free-roaming cats are trapped, spayed and neutered, then returned where they were found. Cats found in unsafe areas are relocated. Kittens are placed in foster homes. Cats with with terminal or untreatable illnesses or injuries are euthanized.
gMAg8 TIL a Dutch maintenance man came up with the idea of baking a drawing of a fly into porcelain urinal bowls to reduce urinal spillage.
kOOR7 TIL that a study found that mindfulness training can be more beneficial in helping people quit smoking than the offical American Lung Association’s Freedom From Smoking treatment.
8aQLK TIL we had x rays before we had antibiotics! (1880s & 1930s)
7meM TIL that in 2007 China tested a missile and shot down one of their own satellites, accidentally creating 2,087 pieces of space debris on crazy orbits, all of which are now required to be tracked to avoid space collisions