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TIL that Nike lost the renewal of their shoe contract with Stephan Curry because they continually mispronounced his name during the sales pitch and because they used the same slide show with Curry as they did with Kevin Durant, but left Durant's name in the slideshow instead of putting Curry's.

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kJ6Q4 TIL of the HMS Black Joke, a former slave ship captured and given to the British West Africa squadron. Over a 5 year career she captured dozens of slave ships and freed thousands of African slaves bound for the Western Hemisphere.
P1jVG TIL the "sensation novel" was popular from the 1860s to 1890s, particularly in Great Britain. Sensation novels often were melodramas themed around socially taboo and shocking subjects like robbery, murder, seduction, kidnapping and adultery, typically in a domestic setting.
BRbk TIL that Harvard College is suspected of grade inflation. The median grade is an A-, and the most frequently awarded mark is an A.
b9W4Q TIL: Lady Dai, death in 163 BC, considered the best preserved mummy in the world. Upon discovery she still had moist, soft skin, movable limbs, intact organs and veins with still small amounts of type A blood in them, distinct finger prints and more!
nWx19 TIL after the OJ verdict, 75% white Americans and 30% black Americans polled thought he was guilty, but by 2016 those numbers had changed to 83% and 57%, respectively.