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TIL a 10 year old used his college savings to buy William “The Fridge” Perry’s Super Bowl ring and to give it back to him

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gOeD TIL that the rapper Drake graduated high school on October 2012 at the age of 25
4kPxJ TIL in the late 1970s, networks, magazines, and religious groups voiced outrage about a new ABC show, condemning it for sexuality, violence and perversion. That show was the sitcom "Soap".
vPMkD TIL a Sheffield man killed his neighbor using a bag of Pokémon cards after an argument. Suffering from psychosis worsened by cannabis, he bludgeoned, stamped, and beat the victim, later saying it was “an act of mercy.” He got life with 17 years minimum.
pYdRp TIL At the start of World War 2 the tops of pillar post boxes were painted with an invisible gas detection paint that would turn yellow in the event of a gas attack.
nW8b9 TIL: There is a study on hobbies which categorizes them from the best to worst in terms of happiness to cost ratio. The most expensive are traveling ($630), Collecting ($287), and Cooking ($240). Video games only cost $71 monthly in comparison.