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TIL the NERF football was invented by a former NFL placekicker—Fred Cox of the Minnesota Vikings

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6DwY TIL “Cowabunga” was originally a nonsense word used by Chief Thundercloud on “The Howdy Doody Show” in the early ‘50s. It was then adopted for use by surfers and later on, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Bart Simpson.
a8Op9 TIL that the Wolf of Wall Street, a movie about a financial fraud, was funded by a fraudster named Jho Low who stole $750 million from Malaysia. Jordon Belfort, the man depicted in the movie, claimed that he suspected Jho of having stolen the money.
59OD TIL Krusty the Clown was supposed to be revealed to be Homer Simpsons secret identity but the idea was dropped being too complex
pONG TIL that the Greco-Persian War (the one from 300) didn’t officially end until 1902, when Greece finally resumed diplomatic relations with Persia after over 2,300 years.
x6MM7 TIL Pope Urban VII's only major act as Pope was the world's first public smoking ban. Anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church, whether it be by chewing it, smoking it with a pipe or sniffing it in powdered form through the nose" faced excommunication. His reign lasted 13 days