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TIL that the sun is not big enough to become a black hole.

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6mEw TIL in 1993, The Barbie Liberation Organization challenged gender stereotypes by switching the voice boxes of hundreds of Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls and ‘reverse shoplifting’ them back into stores. Barbies would yell, “Eat lead, Cobra!” while G.I. Joes would ask, “Want to go shopping?”.
ra0M TIL During the ending theme to Cartoon Network’s The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, some strange, somewhat creepy gibberish is heard at the end. The gibberish played backwards is Maxwell Atoms, the creator of the show, saying “No, no. This is the end of the show. You’re watching it backwards!”
5n8r TIL Dan Rather was injected with heroin by a police officer, in a police station
DQGdY TIL that as a young college football coach, John Madden once attended a clinic taught by Vince Lombardi. Lombardi talked for 8 hours about a single play, the power sweep. Confident in his knowledge before the clinic, when it was over, Madden came out thinking he knew nothing about football
V9O8 TIL if you’re an American with over $4,436 in your bank account, you are already richer than 50% of Americans.