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TIL that both the tallest and shortest nba players of all time, Muggsy Bogues (5'3) and Manute Bol (7'7), played together on the same team

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M75m7 TIL about Rick Rescorla, a survivor of America's toughest battle in Vietnam(Ia Drang, LZ X Ray), was also the one to organize an evacuation plan in case a plane hit the Twin Towers. He was last seen entering the tower looking for survivors.
ZOg4 TIL There is a man who visited Disneyland over 2000 days in a row and still thinks it is the happiest place on Earth
VdaQ TIL Red M&Ms were discontinued for 11yrs due to consumer fright & were ONLY brought back because of a joke that took off.
xmdD TIL : The Pittsburgh Penguins made Mister Rogers an honorary captain in 1991.
Va7k TIL of Max Yasgur, the man who hosted Woodstock on his dairy farm. He got threats from his neighbors, but said “if the generation gap is to be closed, we older people have to do more than we have done.” He also got angry when people were trying to sell water and provided it free of charge.