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TIL Guido Merkens was an NFL quarterback, running back, wide receiver, punter and defensive back for ten seasons.

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QNEdL TIL that Harriet Tubman believed John Brown did more for the black Americans than Abraham Lincoln did.
WkbNY TIL: Chris Ballew, the lead singer of the band “The Presidents of the United States” also sings kids songs under the name “Caspar Babypants”.
xVK4g TIL about the 'thousand-yard stare', which is a phrase often used to describe the blank, unfocused gaze of soldiers who have become emotionally detached from the horrors around them. It is also sometimes used more generally to describe the look of dissociation among victims of other types of trauma.
ep6eD TIL Jason D. Padgett is an American artist with alleged acquired savant syndrome.On the night of September 13, 2002, Padgett was attacked and robbed by two men outside a local karaoke bar. This attack allegedly caused a change in his brain activity.
grLm4 TIL it would cost at least $130,000 to charter a one way flight to get home to my kid like the mom tries to do in Home Alone. The McAlisters are loaded.