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TIL that David Attenborough has more letters after his name than in it

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8QgX TIL In 1968 a student at Oregon University turned up to every class in a black bag and sat at the back of the room in silence. At first the student was treated with hostility, then curiosity before finally friendship. This is known as the mere-exposure effect.
nYrY TIL Harris Rosen, a man that helped Disney launch The Contemporary and The Polynesian hotels was fired right after the projects because he wasn’t a “company man.” He went on to create a scholarship fund for his city with 11MM of his own funds. Crime rates have plummeted and graduation rates soared.
VB1BQ TIL the name of a trace fossil is called an ichnotaxon. Genera and species known from such fossils are called ichnogenera and ichnospecies respectively, like in Linnaen taxonomy
6VQW TIL David Carradine (Kill Bill) is still appearing in films and TV even though he died in 2009
b66GQ TIL that Bobby Bonilla not only has a deferred-contract plan with the Mets that gets him $1.19M every July 1st, but he also has a second one with the Baltimore Orioles for another $500.000 every year from 2004 until 2029.