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TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time scoring leader, score only 1 three-point basket in his career

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erED TIL Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear) published his bank and acct # in his newspaper column, claiming “worst-case scenario, someone would be able to pay money into my account.” Within a few days, someone set up a direct debit for £500 in favor of a charity, which didn’t require any identification.
OoABe TIL that natural evolution did not create a chicken that lays so many unfertilized eggs. Human engineering created such chickens. You could call the process "human-caused evolution", "artificial selection", or "selective breeding".
wL8LP TIL of cryptomnesia - when you forget something and then remember it as if it's an original thought. This can cause unintentional plagiarism or convince you that you've got a brilliant new idea, only to be disappointed when it's already been done.
O0n7 TIL when asked about where his bizarre ideas come from, Stephen King explained ‘I have the heart of a small boy … And I keep it in a jar on my desk.’
vPdOj TIL that during the 1980s, anti-nuclear groups mapped the locations of ICBM silos in South Dakota. This was not a security risk because the Soviets already knew the sites of all the missiles.