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TIL that you are more creative when you are tired or drunk

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9YKpr TIL Wi-Fi doesn't stand for anything!
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QNLJp TIL that the oldest professional sports team in North America still under the same name is the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, founded in 1873
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