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TIL that the football huddle was invented at Gallaudet University (a school for the deaf) to stop opponents from reading their hand signs and knowing the play.

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yQ6we TIL of Dr. Story Musgrave, a NASA astronaut who made history on STS-80 by not getting into his seat before re-entry. He instead stood up on the flight deck "surfing" the Space Shuttle while it decelerated from 17,000mph to 0mph. He is the only person to have seen re-entry plasma with his bare eyes.
xVjKo TIL Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U" was inspired by his housekeeper, Sandy Scipioni, leaving suddenly to be with her family after her dad suddenly died
8GZ TIL a Star Wars live action television series is planned. It will cover the 19 years between III and IV.
pbLp TIL There is a Statue Outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul Dedicated to the Victims of the Japanese Sex Slave Trade During WWII
7rXdP TIL that Roman soldiers (that survived battle) actually had longer lives than the average Roman citizen due to the implementation of medical units in their legions.