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TIL That an average NFL game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay

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Z8lgG TIL The best-selling German novels of all time involve a native American fighting together with a German cowboy in the Wild West. This created a subculture of tens of thousands of Germans that, to this day, call each other by names such as "White Wolf", dress in animal fur, and live in teepees.
4XVmw TIL current American law states that any American can declare any unclaimed unoccupied island in the world for the United States, making it subject to US criminal law and US military protection (at the discretion of the president), but only if the island has lots of bird poop (seriously).
Y7xoW TIL Kennedy Space Center has a total area of 219 square miles, or 570 square kilometers - roughly the same size as the Isle of Man. Only 9% of the space center is developed, and the rest is wildlife refuge.
awP8J TIL: The first Hannibal Lecter movie was not The Silence of the Lambs. But a film called Manhunter from 1986. Though they renamed Lecter to Lecktor.
JgDV TIL Sedona, Arizona has the world’s only McDonald’s with teal arches because the traditional “golden arches” clashed with the surrounding rocks.