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TIL that the Canadian Football League has existed since 1909, and for the first three a university team beat three professionals to get the championship.

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MlVK TIL that Robin Williams had put in place a restriction on his image, or any likeness of his image, being used for 25 years after his death.
kQpg TIL there was a roman god of penises, and his sacrificial animal was the ass.
V5x0 TIL 3 big game hunters, inspired in part by Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” invented Paintball, “a game where they would stalk and hunt each other— to recreate the same adrenaline rush from hunting animals”
gMgr9 TIL that bees have a stomach specifically for honey. If they get hungry they can turn a valve which allows some of the collected nectar to travel to their stomach.
yR0X TIL there are stealth Starbucks locations, which are operated by the coffee giant, but do not advertise the Starbucks brand. They serve as a “laboratory” to conduct market research on how customers react to new drinks. There is one location on the second floor of Macy’s in NYC.