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TIL the least profitable NFL team (Buffalo - $65 million) is more profitable than the most profitable EPL club (Manchester City - $59 million).

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WkPeo TIL when French was declared the official language of Quebec, the beloved Montreal deli, Schwartz's, was specifically allowed to retain the apostrophe in its name despite no such grammar mark being used in French to show possession. The deli, founded in 1928, is now partly owned by Celine Dion.
kjRg TIL that the Ancient Greeks had a word, akrasia, to describe the lack of will that prevents us from doing something that we know is good for us
JMw1 TIL that ‘Vanilla’ comes from the latin word 'Vagina’ due to the way the way the pod must be split open to expose the seeds (#3)
OoXWg TIL in the year 2000, a Hawaiian dj unsuccessfully procured a promo album from MCA Records, so he he ended up downloading it off of Napster. He heard "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy on that album, loved it, played it a lot on the radio, and it blew up in Hawaii before anywhere else.
RWnw TIL that a man survived exposure to near-vacuum pressure for 10 seconds during a space suit test; he felt the saliva on his tongue boil right before losing consciousness.