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TIL a number of NFL players have gotten a fatal neurodegenerative disease called ALS. Including Waters, Hazeltine, and Lewis who were all on the San Francisco 49ers roster in 1963 or 1964.

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rlV4 TIL The King of Bhutan wears a crown surmounted by the head of a raven. At one time it was a capital crime to kill a raven in Bhutan.
XyAE TIL During WWII, L Ron Hubbard once led a 68 hour battle against two Japanese submarines which he claimed “definitely sunk, beyond doubt”. An analysis later concluded that there were never any submarines in the area.
M9B TIL that water droplets can orbit around charged knitting needles.
raO4 TIL England passed a law in 1994 banning musical gatherings that were “predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats”. The main target was after hours raves.
wPpo TIL in the book ‘Stuart Little’, Stuart was born from his human mother as a mouse, rather than adopted, as the movie adaptation depicted.