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TIL “Weird” Al Yankovic turned down $5,000,000 dollars for a beer sponsorship, because he felt morally obligated to be a better role model.

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4k6wa TIL that in 2003, the chief officer of the German-owned cargo ship RMS Mülheim got into difficulties while on watch. His trousers caught in his chair mechanism and while trying to free himself he tripped and knocked himself unconscious. The ship grounded on rocks while he was out and later broke up
8ab6X TIL about pod corn, a form of maize that develops leaves over its kernels as a result a mutated gene
OoO8g TIL Ford created the iconic Jeep design
dDrJ7 TIL that it is not known exactly when the University of Oxford was founded
E1ZvW TIL that the Voyager 1 is still alive and well. In December of last year, it used its rockets to maneuver for the first time in 37 years