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TIL pro basketball player Latrell Sprewell’s career ended when he refused a $21-million three-year contract offer from the Timberwolves, which he implied would not be enough to feed his children.

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GYRZ5 TIL of the Puck Fair in Killorglin, Ireland. The locals find a mountain goat and bring it into town. They then have a young girl crown it as the Puck King. They then take photos with it, put it up in a tower and party for the next three days.
e0vAn TIL: "Wolf Tree" is the term used to describe trees that were not cut down during deforestation and left to grow in the new growth forests of New England.
5Ybj8 TIL the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had a massive coffee shortage in the 70s. As such, the SED (Social Unity Party) contacted Angola, Cuba, and especially Vietnam, to trade weapons for high quality coffee beans.
KL0B TIL that China has gotten so creative with making counterfit goods that fake eggs have been found in China’s markets
W74P9 TIL that only 48.5% of adults reported reading at least one book in the past year, down from 52.7% five years earlier and 54.6% ten years prior.