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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.

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0NPy TIL In the past 6 years, a recent trend has broken out in Jamaica to bleach skin in order to make it lighter and a popular Jamaican rapper has even released his own line of skin bleaching products.
PYvoL TIL that before it was possible to measure blood sugar directly from the blood, diabetes was sometimes detected by testing whether or not ants were attracted to the sweetness of the urine.
VB1PB TIL about the Obliteration Room housed in London where visitors are invited to cover over with stickers to eliminate the traces of the original white room through the act of communal “obliteration.”
jNYmR TIL of Bloody Sunday (1920) when 14 Irish civilians were killed in Croke Park during a Gaelic Football match when British forces opened fire on the players and the crowd.
kOvPW TIL that until 1974, a married American woman couldn't have a credit card in her own name, without her husband's permission.