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TIL the NFL, a non-profit organization generates $9 billion in revenue and expects to triple that amount by 2027 all while getting taxpayers to fund 68% of stadium construction costs since 1923 and pays $30 million a year to its CEO

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QJmKL TIL that a photon of light can travel the 150 million kilometres from the Sun to the Earth, and in that same time, a gamma ray in the Sun's core will travel only about 13 centimetres. It can take 100,000 years from the core of the Sun to get to the surface — where it bursts out at speed of light.
LR7p TIL in 1982 Key West seceded from the US as a protest against their actions. Then they declared war and surrendered after 1 minute, but in 1995 they attacked the US by firing water cannons from fireboats and hitting people with stale Cuban bread. They are today known as the “Conch Republic.”
nW4pB TIL about the Council of Appointment, a government body of NY that existed from 1777-1822. It was made up of the Governor and 4 state senators, and could appoint officials which weren't provided a means of selection by the Constitution. This included cabinet members, judges, and mayors.
1aM04 TIL In 1885, Taiwan was established as a province of China. Though occupied by Japan during the Second World War, it came back to China after Japan was defeated. Ma Ying-jeou, the former leader of Taiwan, tried hard to deepen the connections with the mainland
1rQW TIL that Montreal has a whole underground city that is used to walk around during the winter time.