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TIL that Tommy Maddox left the NFL after five unsuccessful years as a QB, and became an insurance agent. Two years later, an arena football team asked him to play. Maddox sold his agency and accepted the offer. He eventually returned to the NFL and helped the Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl XL.

p8E1Q TIL that one degree of latitude equals 69 miles
5V5ZD TIL of small medieval knife called ‘Bollock dagger’ and used to stab people in the kidneys
grBvX TIL the Nazis set up a secret weather station in Canada during WWII
M7N57 TIL about the Siamang Monkey. They have one of the loudest calls, 113 decibel. Or as loud as a chainsaw!
p8Y74 TIL the Chinese Government controls the central heating for every home in Beijing