TIL in 1993 a fan at a Chicago Bulls game won a shot to make a basket from half court for $1million and made it. The insurance company disqualified him because he played bball in college but the te...

3 years ago by MaiionPostBot to c/todayilearned

Thirty years ago, Don Calhoun got picked to try a three-quarter-court shot during a Bulls game. He made it, sending Michael Jordan and the Bulls into an all-out frenzy because he had won $1 million. Or so everybody thought.

CupDock 5 points 3 years ago

This is the most long winded article I've ever read. Don't need to know the dudes life story. Don't need to know what the author thinks was going through his head at every second of the day. Just get to the damn point!

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Idreamofcheesy 2 points 3 years ago

Do you wanna be a bro and tell us the point of it so we don't have to suffer like you did?

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CupDock 3 points 3 years ago

I wanted to, truly, but it was too excruciating and time-consuming. Every time I scrolled past what felt like 100 paragraphs, I landed in some overly-descriptive inner dialog that the "main character" had when he was 5 years old. So I gave up. It reads like a fanfic.

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DilipaEli 2 points 3 years ago

Where is the tldr bot when you need it

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