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TIL Stan Lee worked with Dr Seuss

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AN08x TIL after Game 4 of the 2011 NBA Finals, in which Mavs star Dirk Nowitzki was dealing with a fever, Heat players LeBron James and Dwyane Wade made fun of him and mocked his coughs. Nowitzki responded with a 29-point effort in a Game 5 win, and the Mavs won the NBA Championship one game later
oR8Jo TIL whales can swallow birds in the middle of feeding, but since whales can’t digest the bird, they poop them out whole. Scientists call these bird bricks.
pYNb8 TIL there is a two foot tall, 3000 year old gold hat which was found in Germany an unknown amount of time ago
a51y TIL that Miyamoto Musashi, 17th century Japanese swordsman, would almost always arrive late to duels, irritating his opponent in the process. Miyamoto won two duels this way. Upon his next duel, he arrived early, and ambushed the force that was assembling to ambush him.
NX0GJ TIL: Chifforobe is not spelled Shiftrobe.