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TIL that a middle school football coach in Oregon was fired for trying to take his team to Hooters to celebrate the end of the season.

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rNJKM TIL of mondegreens, a mishearing of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. The national anthem of the U.S. is highly susceptible to the creation of mondegreens, as "O say can you see" has been misinterpreted as "José, can you see", and "by the dawn's early light" as "by the donzerly light"
6EMaW TIL of Zeer Pot, a refrigeration tool that doesn't require electricity extending usable life of corps to weeks.
jNYXa TIL That King James (of the King James Bible) was recorded to have homosexual relationships.
R5Wo9 TIL that Nigerian scammers use the codeword "alaye" in messaging to determine if they're talking to another scammer
l7MRK TIL that Claudia Christian (Babylon 5) was one of the first TV actors in the industry to be shown how computers were being used to generate visual FX in that new field of the 1990's.