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TIL Squid Games is based on Brothers Home in Busan, Korea in the 1970's and 80's

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e0eeg TIL that Michael Jordan didn’t actually have the flu during his infamous “Flu Game” in the 1997 NBA Finals vs. the Jazz. Rather, it is believed that his late night pizza was poisoned by the pizza delivery guy. Jordan went on to play 44 minutes and score 38 pts to get the win.
LAxZ TIL: Firefighters would hide in Ground Zero rubble so that dogs could find “survivors”. Constantly finding bodies was leading to high stress in the dogs as they thought they were failing.
dDxKd TIL A man sued the makers of Lineage II, an online game, for making him addicted to it. He claimed that he played the game for over 20,000 hours and neglected his family, hygiene, and health. He won the case and received an undisclosed settlement.
nWJOd TIL Ford CEO Jim Farley is the cousin of SNL comedian Chris Farley
NKgb TIL of Tommy Tucker, a squirrel that wore womens clothes and performed tricks to sell war bonds in WW2.