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TIL Michael Jordan sued a local Chicago grocery store for using his name in a coupon for steak and was awarded $8.9 Million.

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N7Kg6 TIL Robert Frost couldn't read the poem he wrote for John F. Kennedy's inauguration due to the glare on the snow being too strong. So he instead recited one he knew from memory.
M7Vb8 TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US.
yQGaM TIL of Odette Hallowes a British WWII Spy who was recruited when she mistakenly mailed pictures of the French coastline to the wrong dept. She was stationed in France and survived 14 interrogations by the Gestapo. (more in comments)
MeZrW TIL McDonald’s has a restaurant location in Sedona, AZ with a turquoise logo on the building that has become a tourist attraction
ZYBY TIL there is a part of the brain thought responsible for gender identity, and in transsexual individuals this area resembles that of the gender they identify with - suggesting transsexuality is at least partially biological