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TIL the Super Bowl is rated a Level 1 special event, deemed the highest at risk for threats, vulnerability and consequences by the Department of Homeland Security, requiring “extensive federal interagency support.”

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b94X7 TIL that a racing horse in the late 1700s named Potoooooooo got his name after the owner instructed the stable boy to write the horses name (Potato) on a feed bin. The stable boy misspelled the name as "Potoooooooo" (Pot plus 8 Os) and the owner loved it so much that he kept the name.
DryJ TIL that after being deposed by the Soviet Union in 1940, the President of Estonia was sent to a psychiatric hospital in Russia for “persistent claiming of being the President of Estonia”.
b9wEj TIL that the skin of tilapia fish is used to treat serious burns in Brazil. Human trials show fish skin grafts are quicker and more painless than other methods
WrKN TIL that in 1897, Indiana tried to pass a bill which implied that the value of PI was simply 3.2
W7EYo TIL: To this very day there is a 'cargo cult' on Tanna island in the Republic of Vanuatu that believes that an American named John Frum will return one day and reward the faithful with prosperity and riches.