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TIL Every NBA Slam Dunk Contest Winners Since 1976

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4LVR TIL MC Hammer spent $30 million on a mansion in the hills above Oakland. When he went bankrupt he sold it for $6.8 million.
b97OZ TIL Comedian Demetri Martin incorporated music into his act to prevent Comedy Central from rearranging his performance for TV
nep1P TIL that the term "teetotaler" came from the abbreviation "T.A.", for Total Abstinence. This was written on pledge cards in temperance societies, proclaiming that you were abstaining from alcohol rather than just drinking in moderation.
gXD7 TIL that crows may be just as smart as apes, and not only recognize general threats, like a hawk, but also recognize personal threats and remember them with a grudge.
gr90D TIL Prince shares several songwriting credits with his father