TIL after being scolded by a woman who felt that his shoes were too expensive for kids, Shaq forwent a $40 million deal with Reebok & signed one with Walmart. He then brought in designers from Reebok so that his Walmart shoes would look costlier than the $20 price. Over 400 million pairs were sold.
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Shaq Reveals Why He Rejected a $40 Million Sneaker Deal With Reebok
While on the Full Send podcast yesterday, legendary NBA player Shaquille O’Neal revealed how he walked away from a massive $40 million dollar deal with Reebook, Footwear News reports. On the program he recalled a moment when he was confronted by a woman who…
TIL that when Peyton Manning was 5, his mother took him to a Saints game, as his father Archie was the quarterback. Due to Archie's poor performance, the crowd started booing him. Peyton's mother was worried that seeing his father booed would upset Peyton, only to see that he was also booing Archie.
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The SportsRush
'You Suck, Manning', When Peyton Manning Booed His Father Archie Manning During a 70s Game - The SportsRush
When Olivia turned to see where the Manning hate was coming from, she saw her own sons booing their father.
TIL American rapper Jay-Z stabbed a man in at an album release party, with a 5-inch blade in the stomach, after rumours the man was behind the bootlegging of one of his albums. He later pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, accepting a 3-year probation sentence.
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Jay-Z
American rapper and businessman from New York (born 1969)
TIL In Denmark, if you reach the age of 25 and aren't yet married, you get tied to a chair and pelted with cinnamon.
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News18
Why People In Denmark Are Given Cinnamon Bath When They Turn 25 - News18
They are bathed head to toe in cinnamon and sometimes also splashed with water for the cinnamon to stick better.
TIL that RED bananas exist. They have a sweeter taste, and contain more nutrients like vitamin C, compared to regular yellow ones.
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Healthline
7 Red Banana Benefits (And How They Differ From Yellow Ones)
Red bananas are a subgroup of bananas from Southeast Asia with red skin and a sweet flavor. Here are 7 benefits of red bananas — and how they differ from yellow ones.
TIL Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers wrote the bass lines for Bust a Move and You Oughta Know and has written songs with Jewel, Warren Zevon, Jane's Addiction, Slash, Alice Cooper, Mars Volta, Patti Smith and Tom Waits
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Flea (musician)
American bassist
TIL in 1997, Amy Tobey, an employee in charge of ball-park music at Fenway Park, played ‘Sweet Caroline’ during a Boston Red Sox game because someone she knew just had a baby named Caroline. It caught on with fans, and now many teams from different sports leagues play the song during home games.
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Where it began – The origin of Sweet Caroline in sport and why it sounds so good
Neil Diamond’s 1969 hit has become an England anthem, but where did its popularity start?
TIL in a 2005 Empire article, Henry Cavill was dubbed “the unluckiest man in Hollywood” after losing roles in Bond and Harry Potter franchises.
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Koimoi
Fact-O-Meter: Did You Know? Henry Cavill Was Once Called The ‘Unluckiest Man In Hollywood’!
Henry Cavill is the heartthrob of millions of people in the world today. But the actor has had his shares of setbacks and rejections....
TIL that famed aviator, Charles Lindbergh, once recieved a Nazi medal, and that when speaking of him, Roosevelt remarked that "if I should die tomorrow, I want you to know this, I am absolutely convinced Lindbergh is a Nazi."
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Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist
TIL: 2nd POTUS Adams never owned a slave and declined on principle to use slave labor
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John Adams
president of the United States from 1797 to 1801
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TIL Ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker has an "Ejectee Club" for pilots who have used one of their ejection seats to avoid injury or death, complete with a special tie.
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TIL for 50+ years, Australian children in the outback attended school via shortwave radio and sent homework via air mail due to the distance between homes. "Schools of the Air" were many children's first social experience outside their families; its quality equaled or surpassed traditional schools'.
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School of the Air
generic term for correspondence schools
TIL The Silver Snoopy award is given out by NASA to those with achievements in safety or aided in mission success. Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz was a big fan of the space program and did the art for free.
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Submitted December 16, 2022 at 02:03PM by jamescookenotthatone
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Silver Snoopy award
NASA Award for safety
TIL the younger sister of the famous writer Erich Maria Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front) was beheaded on 16.12.1943 in Berlin for antiwar and antinazi words.
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TIL that Alf ended with Alf kidnapped by the US government to be dissected. Originally a season finale, Alf's fate was sealed with the cancellation of the series.
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Submitted December 16, 2022 at 07:20PM by gnulynnux
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ALF (TV series)
American sitcom
TIL that Aunt Bethany, from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, is played by the famous actress Mae Questel. Mae is best known for voicing Betty Boop, Minnie Mouse, and Olive Oyl.
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Submitted December 16, 2022 at 06:47PM by hzleyed-fbomb
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Mae Questel
actress (1908-1998)
TIL Richard M. Daley authorized the midnight bulldozing of Meigs Field, a small, downtown, lakefront airport in Chicago. This stranded 16 planes on the ground including several Fire Department helicopters. The FAA fined the city $33,000 for not giving 30 days notice ahead of an airport closure.
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Richard M. Daley
American politician
TIL that the popularity of Tom Yum and other Thai dishes led to the employment of 120,000 people in Malaysia
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Submitted December 16, 2022 at 06:30PM by doyouhavetono
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Tom yum
hot and sour Thai soup
TIL In 1981, two walkways in a Hyatt Regency hotel collapsed during a party, killing 114 and injuring 216.
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Submitted December 16, 2022 at 07:01PM by misterdonut11331
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Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
1981 structural collapse in Kansas City, Missouri
TIL during a tour of Germany in 1958, Jewish Comedian Groucho Marx climbed a pile of rubble that marked the site of Adolf Hitler's bunker, the site of Hitler's death, and performed a two-minute Charleston.
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Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890–1977)
TIL that in 1979 tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis lost 16 times in a row to Jimmy Connors. He then won a game and said, "Let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row."
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ATP Tour
Vitas Gerulaitis: The Man Who Was More Than A Quote
Forty years on from Gerulaitis' famous quip after snapping a 16-match losing streak against Connors, ATPTour.com pays tribute to the legacy of the 'Lithuanian Lion' Vitas Gerulaitis.