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TIL American Football is the 9th most popular sport in the world. It is beaten by both Volleyball and Table Tennis.

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WkKao TIL Rita Hayworth, "The Love Goddess", was first billed as Rita Cansino and was judged "too Mediterranean" before having her hairline raised by painful electrolysis, changed her hair colour to dark red and took her mother's maiden name. She was a third generation professional dancer.
5r4P TIL William Marston the man that created Wonder Woman, also invented the polygraph, hence WonderWoman’s lasso of truth.
JR6v TIL that America’s Most Wanted once caught a fugitive when the employees at a café gathered to watch a segment about a murdered colleague, then realised that the child molester from another segment of the same episode was in the kitchen as the replacement for the murdered man.
LV8V TIL Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates - he played games with them and joked he’d return and hang them all. After he was released, he raised a fleet, tracked them down, and crucified them all.
9Y8Lr TIL that Judaism emphasizes that sex is a deeply holy act to be performed regularly, and insists that it be pleasurable for both members of a married couple.