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TIL: Claims that red wine can help prevent heart disease are inconclusive at best, and at worst may lead people to drink more alcohol in pursuit of the health "benefits".

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ADGBB TIL that Italian football team Perugia went an entire season unbeaten, but only came second in the league as they won 11 games and drew 19 for a total of 41 points, whilst league winners AC Milan won 17 games, drew 10 and lost three for 44 points.
xV4dw TIL In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine named The Sopranos as the Greatest TV Show of All Time. The American crime saga created an immortal antihero in James Gandolfini's New Jersey Mob boss, Tony Soprano, presiding over a crew of gangsters who also double as damaged husbands and dads.
PY0aG TIL Green Bay, Wisconsin has a population of 100k - despite this every Packers home game has been sold out since 1960 & the wait time for season tickets is 30 years
Ja9v TIL Nobody has ever been fired from Valve for making a mistake.
k6xg TIL that Terry Bradshaw (NFL QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers) only got to start in college when the incumbent starter, Phil Robertson, decided to forgo his senior season in order to pursue other interests. Robertson would go on to create the Duck Commander Company and later star on Duck Dynasty.