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TIL of professional "fired men" that were used as department store scapegoats who were fired several times a day to please costumers who were disgruntled about some error

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0dgON TIL due to the dangerous area their stadium was located, the Raiders had to schedule all their Monday Night Football games away in the late 80's.
Br9DL TIL after George I of England’s death, his mistress the Duchess of Kendal kept a raven that she believed to be him
wokA6 TIL Hitler's dad originally went by the name Alois Schicklgruber before changing his last name to 'Hitler' in 1876
5YOer TIL: All arcade games imported into North America from 1989 to 2000 had the following FBI slogan included into their attract mode: "Winners Don't Use Drugs".
XQJD TIL of Mike Powell’s 1991 world record long jump that still stands today. He broke the previous record that was held for 23 years by 2 inches, leaving his feet and landing a total 29 feet 4 and a quarter inches (8.9m) later.