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Til There is a pair of brothers who are both general managers, one in the NFL and the other in the NHL.

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WkBDN TIL that "Telephobia" is the fear of using the phone. Symptoms range from anxiety to Nausea and panic attacks. A 1993 study found 2.5 Million people with the phobia in the UK alone.
VEG0 TIL That the Pokémon Koffing and Weezing Were Originally Named NY and LA
VBAoD TIL about Leon Trotsky’s grandson who lived to survive Stalin regimes assassination attempts and ran a museum dedicated to his grandfather in Mexico
rKW1 TIL that in the 1960s there was an attempt to let humans travel via pneumatic tube (the Jetsons, Futurama, items sent in old timey office buildings) and was estimated to allow travel at 388 mph. It was scrapped due to cost.
5JXk TIL Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants, taught marine biology for three years before he pursued his dream of becoming an animator.