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TIL of the Hitler Teapot - a teapot that sold out at JC Penny stores once people noticed it resembled Hitler

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87gb TIL that Bob Odenkirk, Saul from Breaking Bad, wrote the famous “Van down by the river” Chris Farley sketch.
5VmoP TIL of Richard Francis Burton, an 19th century British explorer and writer, who disguised himself as Muslim in order to get into both Mecca and Medina. While he was not the first European to go to either one of those cities, his pilgrimage is the most famous and best documented of the time.
enXk TIL that in case of emergency, NASA evacuates the launchpad towers…via zip lines.
GY8mG TIL the NFL requires every team to be owned by one owner or a small group, one of which must hold 1/3+ of the shares. The Packers are the only exception, community owned disallowing any single owner to own more than 200,000 shares.
6EmLJ TIL that 3 presidents--Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe--all died on July 4th. Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4th.