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TIL that, in order to test the effectivenes of their program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America intentionally left nearly 500 at-risk children on an 18 month long wait list to compare their behaviors to those children placed with a mentor.

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0wKJM TIL the University of Southern California's Spirit of Troy is the only collegiate band to have two platinum records. They have performed at the Oscars, the Grammys, on Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk", for five U.S. Presidents, and at the fall of the Berlin Wall.
xVv97 TIL 'Jersey Shore' was shown in Japan under the name 'MTV Jersey Shore: the New Jersey Life of Macaroni Assholes'
loGZB TIL that approximately 25,000 golf balls are lost each year at the CDA Resort Golf Course in Idaho under the only floating green in the world.
7PbM TIL Viagra can even make flowers stay erect
6XbY TIL the Lamborghini Aventador was named after a 1118 pound Spanish fighting bull who was slain buy Matador Emilio Muñoz in 1993. He was given one of the bulls ears as a trophy.