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TIL Jerome Iginla donates $2,000 to charity for every goal he scores. He has scored over 500 career goals and donated more than $700000 in 2000 to 2013.

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VMZgG TIL a large study found "How's my driving" stickers reduced crashes by 22%. 80% all the drivers never received a complaint. 10% of the total got only one call ever.
VVlD TIL the US left reflectors on the moon. They are used to track plate tectonics on Earth by firing lasers into the reflectors. This is also commonly cited as evidence that the moon missions aren’t a conspiracy theory.
4kejJ TIL that until 1948, the Olympics gave out medals in "Art Competitions" including painting, music, literature, sculpturing, and architecture.
R7Gd6 TIL Hall of Fame MLB pitcher Randy Johnson kept a bag of baseballs by his bed for self defense.
nWvYG TIL about the 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster, in where grain containing methylmercury never intended for human consumption was imported into Iraq, where it was consumed by Iraqis living in rural areas. The recorded death toll was 459 people, but higher figures have been suggested.