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OkDa TIL that OJ. Simpson’s Heisman trophy was melted down and made into small angel pins for people who donated money to battered women’s causes.
grVlD TIL in the 1980s, parents were upset at a Seattle firm about phone bill charges after a half-hour show featuring Santa told children to hold the telephone up to the TV whereupon touch-tone sounds would dial a 1-900 number. A spokesman said this was to prevent children from dialing the wrong number.
a8gOo TIL that there are around 350,000 unsolved murders since 1965 in the United States.
NX0RN TIL of RAS syndrome (RAS stands for "Redundant Acronym Syndrome" Syndrome ), which is the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym (or other initialisms) in conjunction with the abbreviated form. (EX: PIN number, ATM machine, chai tea)
DjP TIL There is a city in the Caspian Sea, 25 miles off the coast