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TIL Supreme Court Justice Bryon White was also an All-Pro running back in the NFL, and led the NFL in rushing twice.

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wLxR7 TIL in 1985 the US tested a robotic anti-aircraft tank, the M247 Sergeant York. The tank malfunctioned and locked its guns onto a review stand packed with top generals. Mercifully it didn't fire, but did subsequently attack a portable toilet instead of a target drone.
e0605 TIL that Guy Fieri hates eggs. He will eat anything with eggs as an ingredient, but will not have eggs scrambled, sunny side up, or poached.
xVog TIL Coca-Cola makes a cane sugar version of its soda during Passover in the US. Look for the yellow cap.
Y8ar TIL when trees evolved, it took 60 mil. years for fungi to evolve the ability to break down lignin. Trees fell over and didn’t decompose, storing vast amounts of carbon, resulting in an oxygen-rich atmosphere that favored enormous insects; burning in massive fires; and producing our stores of coal.
NXnoM TIL that A. Campbell, a lottery winner, wore a 'Scream' mask when claiming his one million dollar prize to protect his identity and avoid relatives asking for money.