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TIL scientists still don't know how Acetaminophen works to relieve pain and reduce inflammation

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PYX8O TIL Super-Bowl winning coach Hank Stram offered NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain a contract to play for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s.
wLyAJ TIL : In 2010, blooper footage surfaced in which ALF was made to deliver racial jokes and sexual comments. He was actually mocking a then-recent episode of L.A. Law dealing with Tourette syndrome. Producer Steve Lamar stated that the footage was from an era when things were not so "ridiculously PC".
4x06 TIL that today’s British accent first appeared among London’s upper class around the time of the American Revolution. Before that, the British accent was similar to that of Americans.
mxWdE TIL that tank silencers exist, and they’re bigger than the tank itself. They cost 100000$ to build.
VENB TIL the guy who played ‘Scruffy’ in Futurama also voiced Michael Bolton in Office Space.