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TIL former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue played college basketball at Georgetown.

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oraA TIL that the first time Travis Barker performed with blink-182, he learned the entire 20 song set list in 45 minutes and played it flawlessly.
v1o8j TIL that "second" (after first) is the same word as "second" (a 60th of a minute), because we get a minute from dividing the hour by 60, and then we divide it a second time.
wLkp7 TIL of death sentence with reprieve, a punishment in which the criminal is given a two year suspended sentence before execution. By abstaining from additional crimes during the two years, the criminal can reduce the sentence to life imprisonment, or, by committing good deeds, a fixed-term sentence.
PrlO TIL James Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry after seeing Star Wars in 1977.
wMm8 TIL Chuck Yeager - first pilot to exceed Mach 1 - was shot down over France in WW2, taught bomb-making to Resistance groups who helped him, escaped into Spain, argued the high command into letting him back into combat against regulations, then became an Ace (bringing down 5 enemy aircraft) in 1 day.