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TIL That Telivison would end at Midnight in the 1960s

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e0eeg TIL that Michael Jordan didn’t actually have the flu during his infamous “Flu Game” in the 1997 NBA Finals vs. the Jazz. Rather, it is believed that his late night pizza was poisoned by the pizza delivery guy. Jordan went on to play 44 minutes and score 38 pts to get the win.
5VdL8 TIL electron orbitals are 3 dimensional standing waves.
kl6e TIL Snoopy, the Peanuts Comic Strip character is NASA’s Official astronauts’ personal safety mascot.
YpApv TIL of trisodium citrate, a citric acid added to cheese to make it meltier and non-greasy. Its chemical formula literally spells NACHO.
mx7rR TIL that when Native Americans occupied Alcatraz Island in 1969, they offered to buy the island from the US government for $24 in glass beads and cloth, the price allegedly paid to Native Americans for Manhattan Island in the 17th century.