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TIL That Kate Mara has a clause in her film contracts that allows her to attend the Super Bowl if either the Steelers or the Giants make it on account of her mother’s family owning the Steelers and her father’s owning the Giants.

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awyAL TIL that in ancient Egyptian religion, monotheism arose as the creator god Amun became part of a unified trinity with the gods Ptah and Re. "All gods are three: Amun, Re and Ptah, whom none equals. He who hides his name as Amun, he appears to the face as Re, his body is Ptah."
QJy7E TIL Irish people call black people "daoine gorm" (blue people) rather than "daoine dubh" (literally black people) because "fear dubh" (black man) means "the devil".
Lk8aQ TIL in Taiwan, you can receive a bounty for submitting roadcam footage of traffic violations
9YQbX TIL that the first commercial passenger airliner to be shot down by hostile forces was refurbished, returned to service, and later became the third commercial passenger airliner to be shot down by hostile forces.
ymLp TIL to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Coppola changed his name to Nicolas Cage, inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage