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TIL a man aspiring to become a lawyer was denied admission to the New York bar because his student debt exceeded $400,000. Five appellate judges concluded his payments had been too meager to date and thus he had not “established the character and general fitness requisite for an attorney”.

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WXjo TIL to prevent his wingman from ejecting from his damaged F-4 Phantom during Vietnam Captain Bob Pardo pushed his wingmans planes tailhook with his plane until they were out of North Vietnam.
lxbA TIL More of world’s poor & malnourished live in India than in all sub-Saharan Africa
woPZW TIL Eldey island supported the last remnant population of the great auks. Museums, desiring the skins of the auk for preservation and display, began collecting birds. The last pair, were killed there in 1844, when they were strangled and the last egg of the species was cracked during the struggle.
pYNmQ TIL that the creators of Phineas and Ferb had no idea what a platypus sounded like, so the chattering noise they had the voice actor for Perry the Platypus make was entirely coincidental to what an actual platypus sounded like
xVOQb TIL Jello mix can be eaten straight out of the box and even used as fun dip. I think I found my new fav snack.