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TIL (in my doomscrolling) that Vice Principal Strickland from Back to the Future is still alive at 94, and you're all SLACKERS!

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xAM5 TIL that there is a man who stomped on someone’s face while wearing Air Jordans. He is suing NIKE for failure to warn him that they could be considered dangerous weapons.
wL4gW TIL that Europe has a native bison population! European bison were only hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 1900s and were eventually reintroduced in the 1950s. Mostly they live in Eastern Europe and the largest population can be found in the Białowieża Forest.
EPDd TIL a mathemetician worked out a formula for perfect parallel parking
bOJE TIL Dave Chappelle was originally offered the role of Bubba in Forest Gump, but turned it down. A decision he later regretted
p8ja8 TIL that in the 1960's Philip Morris increased the addictiveness of Marlboro cigarettes by chemically free-basing the nicotine, which enhances potency without changing actual nicotine levels. ABC news accused PM of spiking Marlboro's with extra nicotine, and PM sued them for 10 billion USD.