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TIL about coaching trees in the NFL: In 1998, half of all active NFL head coaches traced their lineage to either Bill Walsh or Tom Landry. By 2018, 28 of 32 NFL head coaches were connected to Bill Parcells or Bill Belichick. Five of Sean McVay's assistants have become head coaches since 2017.

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8a59G TIL there was a 1920 novel about Abraham Lincoln's mother titled 'The Matrix.'
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