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TIL the original Ravens logo was changed because they did not want to give a autographed helmet to the creator.

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l7MoG TIL That the original Swedish version of Abba's Fernando isn't about Mexican freedom fighters at all. That was a totally new song concept for the English language version. The Swedish version is just about a guy named Fernando going through a breakup.
0wOPy Til that there are over 43 quintillion possible combinations for a rubix cube, and yet you are never more than 20 turns away from solving it
BrYbD TIL Doreen Lioy sent serial killer Richard Ramirez 75 letters in 11 years while he was in jail. The minute she saw his mugshot on the TV, she noticed something “captivating” in his eyes. Ramirez proposed to her, and the courtship continued for the next 9 years before the two got married.
NXP1e TIL that the word kidnap is relatively recent and originally meant "to steal or carry off children or others in order to provide servants or labourers for the American plantations."
X0vMR TIL on Easter Sunday someone accessed the GardaWorld cash storage facility in Sylmar & stole $30 million in what's considered the largest heist in Los Angeles history. The culprit managed to breach the facility & then disappear with the loot without anyone noticing until the next day.