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TIL the popularity of American football has declined so much in the US that many high schools no longer have enough players to even have a team

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OGMk4 TIL In 2015, a man from Manchester started graffitiing giant penises onto potholes so that the city council would fix them. The man was dubbed 'Wanksy'
m11AM TIL that Bruce Springsteen has only had two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: Manfred Mann's Earth Band's 1977 cover of his song "Blinded By The Light" and 1985's "We Are The World," which he sang with a large ensemble of famous musicians. His song "Dancing in the Dark" only got to #2.
8eb64 TIL Sanskrit & Greek originated from the same language.
4XdPX TIL while filming Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro asked out Cybill Shepherd but was rejected. He then refused to speak to her unless a scene from the movie required them too.
OkLL TIL that in 2012, the CEO of Lenovo received a $3 million bonus as a reward for record profits which he in-turn redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo’s employees. He did this again in 2013.