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TIL High school and college basketball players are forbidden from wearing jerseys with the numbers 6-9 on them bc refs need to be able to signal their numbers with one hand.

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6rW7 TIL hardcore LEGO fans use the phrase “One by Five” as a code name for hot girls, because those are rare in LEGO conventions and the LEGO company doesn’t make a five by one brick.
QNJG6 TIL of the documentary: Born Rich, made by Jamie Johnson (great-grandson to the founder of Johnson & Johnson) about the experiences of those who were born into the ultra-wealthy. For producing and releasing the film, Jamie was deemed by his peers to be a "traitor to his class".
E6G0 TIL that Boeing is developing a spy drone that has a wingspan of 120 m and can remain airborne for 5 years at a time without having to land.
rRbYx TIL a "bottle episode" in TV, in which characters sit around and talk for an entire episode, was created to save money and/or time, as in "we pulled that episode out of a bottle like a genie." Today it is revered, and shows like Seinfeld, Friends and Always Sunny have turned it into an art
9YeOQ TIL about Pataphysics, a “philosophy” of science that “examines imaginary phenomena that exist in a world beyond metaphysics”. The College of Pataphysics in Paris is permanently headed by Dr. Faustroll, a fictional character, and their Vice-Curator position was previously held by a crocodile.