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TIL that in 1975 George R. R. Martin wrote a short story titled "The Last Superbowl" which depicted the last game of real sports to ever be played due to the rise in popularity of simulated sports. The fictional game took place in January 2016 between the Green Bay Packers and The Hoboken Jets.

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0wQap TIL before the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant struggled financially after leaving the military to start a family, working in fields with his wife's family's slaves which was uncommon, but after acquiring a slave, William Jones, he gave him his freedom unconditionally instead of selling him for profit.
E1yDV TIL that a tour group thought a woman was missing from their group because she changed her clothes. She even helped in her own missing person search before she realized that the group was looking for her.
Bdkx TIL that pressing the numbers 1-9 while watching a YouTube video will jump the video to the 10%-90% playback locations, and pressing 0 will jump it back to the beginning. Also works with embedded YT videos. Doesn’t work with the numeric pad, only the numbers above the letters on your keyboard.
m1PvO TIL 18-Year Old GTA 6 Hacker Sentenced To Life In Hospital Prison
bM6j TIL that there are more museums in the U.S. than Starbucks and McDonalds combined.