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TIL that if an American Football game isn’t sold out 72 hours prior, viewers in a 75 mile radius can’t watch it on TV.

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x6LjB TIL Bobby Farrell from Boney M died on the same date and same city as Grigori Rasputin, subject of one of the band's biggest hits
wbg8 TIL until 1970 United Airlines had men-only flights. The “New York” and “Chicago Executive” were advertised as “a club in the sky for men only”, with business-oriented amenities, free cigars, and a steak dinner served by stewardesses (the only women aboard). A lawsuit by feminists ended the flights.
Lk4v0 TIL Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire Killed 11% of the World's Population in the 13th Century
eGOk TIL the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship who sank in 2012, stated that he didn’t try to escape but rather “slipped off the ship when it turned over and fell into a lifeboat”.
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