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TIL The US Department of Defense has paid NFL teams millions of tax dollars to hold surprise military family reunions, “Hometown Hero” salutes and other military displays during games.

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EBVd TIL the world’s largest grocery wholesale company is based in a nondescript office in Keene, New Hampshire. The company uses unmarked trucks and the owner hasn’t given an interview in over a decade.
gMjL7 TIL Mavis Beacon is not a real person. She was played by Renée L'Espérance, who worked at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.
awXAb TIL water is diamagnetic. If you have enough salt in the water and put a magnet near close by it, it will push the water.
dGAr TIL that Pope Gregory IX told his followers that cats were associated with the devil. As a result, people started killing cats. With fewer cats around to hunt rats, the rat population exploded…leading to the spread of the bubonic plague.
jNEbM TIL it’s believed that babies see the world upside down for the first few days while their brains learn how to flip the image received by the brain to be right side up.