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TIL a teenager who is blind has been able to play quarterback for a California high school football team by memorizing each play and by communications from his father on the sideline who is able to narrate the visuals to him using a walkie talkie.

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bpna TIL that Abraham Lincoln’s only living son Robert, was at both Garfield and McKinley’s assassinations but not at his father’s.
b6B9Z TIL: Being wealthy makes you much more likely to get to play college sports. Students from families in the highest 20% of income have nearly 3x better chances of getting to play college sports than do students from families in the bottom 20% of income.
OoxWa TIL that Marvin Gaye, the man who wrote the world renowned peace anthem "What's Going On" got into a fight with his wife and proceeded to point a knife directly at her heart. Damn dude, what happened to "Don't punish me with brutality ?"
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