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TIL of Dennis Johnson a 3x NBA Champion who measured just 5'9" in High School and only played "a minute or two each game", after working several odd jobs over the summer, he grew to be 6'3. Johnson was offered a scholarship to LAHC shortly after coach Jim White witnessed Johnson playing Street Ball.

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MeOO7 TIL - Classic Yellow Mustard is one of (If not) the healthiest condiment in the world.
69QlY TIL pistachios are not nuts? They look like them but they were not botanically classified as such.
7rad7 TIL studies of Vitamin D supplements show they offer a significant chance of preventing cold & flu, while Vitamin C actually has little to no benefit.
ne0oW TIL New Mexico license plates are the only ones with USA on them because Americans don’t know it’s part of their country
E15jw TIL that the Jimmy Stewart movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) was banned in the USSR and Axis nations for being pro-democracy; while federal legislators in the U.S. called for its ban claiming it was pro-communist.