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TIL the name and logo of the Philadelphia Eagles is derived from the National Recovery Administration's blue eagle logo.

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loNGr TIL: Iran's population has more than doubled since the Islamic revolution (37.2 -> 83.7 million)
oBOZR TIL of Operation Bloodstone, a CIA project to recruit former Nazis and collaborators to conduct "psychological warfare, subversion, sabotage, [...] assassination, target capture and rescue". Many hired agents were high ranking Nazis, some of which had committed crimes against humanity.
EEKP TIL Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie & Emma Thompson all started their career together at Footlights student theater club while at Cambridge university. Same club also gave Simon Bird(The Inbetweeners), John Oliver(The Daily Show) & Douglas Adams(Hitchhickers guide to the galaxy)
ox87 TIL - Actor James Woods reported the four terrorists of 9/11 before the attack, but nobody believed him.
Yp8j7 TIL the world record for stacking 10 toilet paper rolls with one hand is 5.45 seconds.