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TIL A Group of Owls Is Called A Parliament

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QJ6Q6 TIL in 1991, comic book writer Fabian Nicieza released a series called NFL SuperPro, starring an ex-NFL player superhero, with the main villain being an assassin called Instant Replay. Nicieza later revealed that his sole motivation for writing the series was getting free New York Jets tickets
RVE7 TIL: After 4 weeks of training, Zappos offers all new employees $2,000 to quit.
rvjo TIL of a family falsely accused of abusing their son. Following british law, all their kids were forcibly put up for adoption. They are not allowed to see them, even after being proven innocent. When she got pregnant again, they had to move to Ireland so their child would not be taken away at birth.
KYkr6 TIL that the movie Zero Dark Thirty (2012) used an extensive clip of a phone call by Betty Ong, who was a flight attendant in one of the hijacked planes of 9/11, without her family's consent.
Vgwm TIL Nearly all of the most popular Christmas songs including ‘Winter Wonderland’, 'Chestnuts roasting…’, and 'I’m Dreaming of a white Christmas’ Were written by Jews