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TIL that Presidents Day is still officially known as Washington's Birthday

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YpX5r TIL: Of the NFL players given the Wonderlic Test (a test given before entering the NFL Draft to measure intelligence) at least 19 in the last 37 years have scored below 10, meaning they are illiterate. 10 of those 19 graduated from a major university.
dwr8 TIL selling a birthday cake with a depiction of a copyrighted character such as Mickey Mouse is punishable with up to a $100,000 fine. Law firms have sent agents disguised as moms and dads to bakeries to purchase ‘illegal’ cakes and subsequently sue.
ryMM TIL Bill Belichick, NE Patriots coach, is the only present day coach not in the Madden games because he is not a member of the Coaches Association which licenses the game.
Xbxk TIL That NASA is working on a warp drive that could get us to Alpha Centauri in 2 weeks.
5V7G8 TIL in the 1970s hysteria over the arrival of killer bees in the United States created a genre of "killer bee movies". One of the most well-known movies was the 1978 film "The Swarm", directed by Irwin Allen and starring Michael Caine. It scored 9% at Rotten Tomatoes.