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TIL that the NFL cannot host games on Fridays or Saturdays until late December as federal law prohibits professional football leagues from competing with college or high school football, which typically host games on those days.

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ADKEl TIL if you run out of bandages, know that you could—but probably wouldn't want to—reach for the cobwebs in your basement as an alternative. Cobwebs actually have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, and were used in ancient Greece and Rome by physicians to make bandages.
MjE0 TIL the oldest known tattoos were discovered, using UV light, on a 5,000 year old mummy
ne5NW TIL the word "Ye" on nostalgic signs (Ye Old Tavern, etc) is supposed to be a Middle-English translation of "The". However, Ye was never actually a word- a character called a Thorn (þ) made a "TH" sound, so it would be spelled 'þe Old Tavern', reading as 'The Old Tavern.'
5Ykvn TIL that in 2016, Mozart CDs outsold Beyonce, Drake, and Adele CDs.
wLBXM TIL Porn viewers are more likely to see women as equals than non-viewers