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TIL that Shaquille O’Neal once put $70,000 on a credit card at Walmart and it was declined. American express suspected it was a fraudulent charge

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a8gAJ TIL that in 2011 a man in Egpyt named his daughter Facebook. He chose the name to "to express his joy at the achievements made by the January 25 youth," who organized protests with social media, starting that day, which led to the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, after 30 years in power.
negKP TIL the french numbers is a blend of the decimal system of cont, used in Roma, and the vigesimal system of count, used by the Celtics, and it became official only in the century 17
wv16 TIL There is a festival celebrated in Nepal for dogs, honoring their loyalty and friendship.
XEZKX TIL there's a mock religion called Discordianism. Its main deity is Eris (goddess of discord, of course) and it even has a calendar. A Discordian believes there is no distinction between disorder and chaos.
xVYlD TIL that spiral staircases were installed in fire stations in the 1800s to stop the horses that pulled the engines going up the stairs when they smelled food cooking.