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TIL since 1924, there have been only three players in the NFL named Napoleon. All three of them played for the Raiders between 1986 and 2004.

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wLjR8 TIL that Peter Jackson spent the last few years working on a special technology which revives old B&W WW1 footage and is portraying it in full colour in his new movie "They Shall Not Grow Old". Jackson used authentic WW1 uniform and real weaponry which was used back then to create this restoration.
ne6PW TIL that a team of 500 goats helped save the Ronald Reagan library in California from wildfires, by eating through 13 acres of surrounding scrubland. This created a vital fire break.
lENV TIL Adult California ground squirrels have a protein in their blood that allow them to survive rattlesnake bites. The squirrels also heat up their tail and wave them to let the rattlesnake know they are aware of them since rattlesnakes have infrared vision. They don’t do this with other snakes.
jBRX TIL that Disney uses Touchstone Pictures to release films with more darker tones that wouldn’t be suitable for the Disney brand name.
n5MP TIL that the creator of the Nintendo Game Boy was originally hired by Nintendo as a maintenance man.