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TIL the Green Bay Packers are the only publicly owned, not-for-profit, major professional sports team in the United States

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ADkjl TIL that former NBA player Andrew Bynum was once thrown out of a team practice session because he kept shooting the ball whenever he touched it, regardless of how far away he was from the basket.
wLNnM TIL: "I Fought the Law" singer/musician Bobby Fuller was found dead in a parked car, outside his LA home. No evidence of foul play or suicide was found. Neither were ruled out. For those who believed it to be murder, suspects cited have ranged from the Mafia and Charles Manson to the local P.D.
j6e5N TIL That Entemann's was forced to change its packages for some products when a dam burst destroying 5000 tons of packaging, and the equipment that made it.
xm9D TIL in 1975 a Missouri construction worker heard of a device pitched to the US Army that would steer the rear wheels of a vehicle if the front axle broke. He modified it to work permanently and installed it on his 1974 Ford F-250, called it ‘Bigfoot’, and thus created the monster truck.
n1RB TIL: George Washington was a hemp farmer, and his diary included notes about separating male plants from females, necessary for the females to produce THC