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TIL that there are birds that drink blood

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4k69b TIL that the NFL has already paid out more than a billion dollars to players affected by chronic traumatic encephalopathy, with 99% of deceased NFL players testing positive for the neurodegenerative disease.
BgLay TIL that the City of London Corporation allows businesses to vote depending on the number of employees
gMp7W TIL Lafayette’s grave in Paris is filled with dirt from Massachusetts as he wished to be buried in American soil. Additionally, I learned the flag remained in place during WW2 because the Nazis never looked behind the private cemetery’s walls.
N5w6 TIL in 1997 an artist named Howard Hallis started drawing a literal ‘Picture of Everything’, it took 13 years to complete, stands at 15 x 14 feet and apparently the only thing it doesn’t feature is Hitler, and he wanted to sell it for $250,000.
ZpmVG TIL Iconic movie producer Joel Silver (Die Hard, The Matrix) is one of the creators of the sport "Ultimate Frisbee"