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TIL football player Mardy Gilyard was kicked out of the University of Cincinnati and owed the school $10,000. He then worked 4 jobs simultaneously and slept in his car just to get back into school, eventually becoming the leading wide receiver in UC history.

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8JMP TIL when Tracy Morgan was unavailable to finish recording the full-length version of “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah” for 30 Rock, Donald Glover stepped in and completed the verses in his impression of Morgan. Glover also voices the ‘producer’ on the track.
5VAL9 TIL the BBC lost the sole production of the Queen's Royal Christmas Message and had to pay closely to 2.5 million pounds in restitution and donations due to the famous Diana interview, which was obtained under "questionable means".
mbXO TIL of Little Canada, MN. The city was established in 1844, 23 years older than Canada.
NXAKP TIL: Foetal cells can remain in the mother's, even embedding on different organs of the mother, for decades, sometimes for a lifetime.
7rD5O TIL A study showed that people who drank 32 ounces of energy drinks in an hour had abnormal electrical activity in their hearts and higher blood pressure four hours later. About 30% of Americans ages 12 through 17 regularly consume energy drinks, linked to increased emergency room visits and death