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TIL The NHL has a list of capable goaltenders in every city should the starter and backup go down in-game due to injury

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WwMo TIL Alan Moore created Rorschach of the Watchmen as an insult to Steve Ditko’s similar characters The Question and Mr. A, calling Ditko’s Objectivist philosophies “laughable.” Everyone missed the point and actually liked Rorschach’s character.
m1vVP TIL that 1816 is known as the “Year Without a Summer,” due to the eruption of Mount Tambora, the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
Z8wjR TIL whenever you look at a watch in advertising, it's usually set at 10:10 for a number of reasons including: the hands are fully visible and not overlapping, you can see the manufacturer's logo clearly, and according to Timex, it makes the products look "happier" by simulating a smiley face.
R7ye6 TIL when Sassanid (Iranian) king Hormizd II died, his oldest son reigned for a few months, and was killed by the empire's nobles, who then blinded the second son, and imprisoned the third son. The crown was placed upon the pregnant queen's womb, crowning the unborn son, who later ruled for 70 years
nR6b TIL that West Germany fully decriminalised homosexual acts between males only in 1994 after criminal law needed reconciliation with law in East Germany, where it had been decriminalised since 1968