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TIL that Allen High School (TX) built a $60 million football stadium it can’t use, so the two-time defending state champion Eagles play every game on the road.

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K0Z9 TIL When AA neurosurgeon Ben Carson was a child, his mother required him to read two library books a week and give her written reports, even though she was barely literate. She would then pretend to carefully review and approve them. This inspired his eventual love of reading and learning.
rR0Ad TIL "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" by Van Halen was a response to Kurt Cobain's suicide. It also was a source of frustration between Eddie and Sammy as the lyrics were more hopeful but Ed wanted something with more attitude.
lwZN TIL of a vegetarian spider which eats the protein-rich buds of an acacia tree.
XEB1P TIL that the Arikara, not the Lakota, were the original inhabitants of what is now Mount Rushmore (The Black Hills). The Lakota (hailing from what is now Minnesota) settled the region in the 18th century, driving out the native inhabitants.
ReM9 TIL Crocodiles Are More Closely Related To Birds Than They Are To Lizards