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PYPLJ TIL in 1941 the owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles NFL teams swapped franchises, meaning all players relocated and the teams were renamed. Despite the 1940 Eagles and 1941 Eagles being completely different teams, the NFL considers them one unbroken entity.
P1elZ TIL That the musical guest for the 1981 Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live was the punk band 'Fear'. Invited at the urging of John Belushi the band would see their performance cut short and would be banned from SNL after they and their invited 'dancers' wound up destroying part of the set.
YpPKW TIL: Virtually every country named syphilis after its enemies. The French called it the Neapolitan disease, the English and Italians called it the French disease, Russians called it the Polish disease, Tahitians called it the British disease, and the Japanese called it the Chinese pox.
dr1Z TIL Almost every mammal urinates for approximately 21 seconds, it is called the “Law of Urination.”
Z8rbp TIL That the province of Ontario in Canada has 250,000 lakes that contain around one-fifth of the world's fresh water.