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TIL John Madden receives $2-3 million every year for lending his name to EA's Madden video game franchise

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VBN6p TIL that sloths can hold their breath underwater for up to 40 minutes, surpassing dolphins in this regard.
5aYP TIL Sitting close to the TV will not damage your eyesight. The myth spread after it was discovered that tv’s made prior to 1967 emitted excessive radiation.
GAVB5 TIL Human were naturally lactose-intolerant. Tolerant people emerged in Europe starting several thousand years ago while people of Africa, Middle East, and Asian remained intolerant.
OoeVY TIL Vesta Stoudt, the mother of two Navy Sailors wrote a letter to President Roosevelt explaing the way ammunition was packed often didn’t work. She suggested a rippable cloth based tape, leading to the invention of duct tape.
E19dW TIL of Jason Thomas, an ex-Marine who saved two police officers who were stuck in the rubble of the World Trade Center during 9/11, with the help of another ex-Marine David Karnes. When his mom told him about the attack, Thomas retrieved his Marine uniform and sped to Ground Zero without hesitation.