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TIL that Michael Jordan turned down MLB offer from Oakland A's so he could 'do the baseball thing from the ground up'

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BL4b TIL that the Bible clearly and explicitly says that you should obey your government and pay your taxes - and not doing so will incur the punishment of God.
8e9lK TIL that after DVD technology was developed, the first Hollywood feature-film chosen for release in that format was Twister (1996).
6EpEZ TIL about Zacharie Cloutier, who is the common ancestor of Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Chris Pratt, and Jim Carrey (to name a few).
ANMdB TIL At 17, Steven Spielberg directed "Firelight," a sci-fi film with a $500 budget. It premiered at a local cinema, drawing 500 attendees who paid a dollar each for tickets. One person paid $2, bringing the total earnings to $1. It marked Spielberg's first commercial success.
eVXL TIL a Congressional investigation into the NSA conducted nearly 40 years ago revealed that the NSA has been routinely monitoring telephone conversations of American citizens since the early 1950’s.