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TIL there are no white cornerbacks on any NFL roster and there haven’t been any for the past 10 years

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jNOdn TIL: The Antichrist windows of Frankfurt were thought lost for much of the 20th century. The giant stained-glass made circa 1365 depicting Satan's doings and other scenes were packed away during WWII to avoid damage. Victorious Soviet forces took them away. Russia returned them in the early 2000s.
JY8o1 TIL that Photorhabdus luminescens, a bioluminescent bacterium, reportedly infected the wounds of some American Civil War soldiers. This both caused the wounds to glow and helped the soldiers to survive due to antibiotics made by the bacterium. This phenomenon was named "Angel's Glow".
e8wL TIL that fracking results in millions of gallons of “flowback liquid” being pumped to the surface. The flowback liquid contains radioactive material, heavy metals, hydrocarbons and other toxins and is stored on site in pits, injected into underground wells or treated at an off-site facility.
epZGL TIL that electrical devices have something called a „Sabbath mode“ which exists to restrict functions of said devices to be used, as energy/fire usage to cook is prohibited during the sabbath
KVlJ TIL the concept of the “rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “flyting,” a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse. The Norse god Loki is noted as having insulted other gods in verse.