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TIL Mark David Chapman planned to kill David Bowie and had a front row seat (along with John & Yoko) for Bowie’s Broadway show the day after killing John

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gMVl9 TIL the football huddle was invented in 1892 by Gallaudet University, a school for deaf students, so that the other team couldn't see them explaining the plays.
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