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TIL billionaire Mark Cuban once said he wouldn’t hire the head of NBA officiating “to manage a Dairy Queen.” Dairy Queen offered to let Cuban manage one of their stores, which he did for one day.

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ANNXB TIL that Michael Jordan has the highest vertical leap in NBA history.
vPmBj TIL Brazilians make more than 1% of Ireland's population
yQAlV TIL Jesse James once paid off a widow's mortgage and saved her from foreclosure because she gave him food. He made sure she got a receipt from the banker and then robbed the man a mile down the road.
wddE TIL that the Grand Mosque in Paris, under Si Kaddour Benghabrit, saved hundreds of Jews during WW2 by granting them fake papers and allowing them to hide in the catacombs beneath the mosque.