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TIL that in 2008, an American football player called Chad Johnson decided to legally change his name to Chad Ochocinco, "eight five" in Spanish, because his jersey number was 85, only to legally change his name back to Chad Johnson 4 years later

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lOP1 TIL that Espresso Book Machine, a print on demand machine developed to print, collate and bind a paperback book in a couple of minutes. Since its debut at the New York Public Library in 2007, the machine is now in 70 bookstores and libraries in the world.
gMgdD TIL that an 81 year old man called Giles Corey, accused of being a wizard in 1692, was the only man in American history to be subjected to death by pressing in an attempt to get him to submit to trial by jury. It is said that his response to the torture was to tell them to add 'more weight.'
aw6BN TIL that the song 'One Week' by Barenaked Ladies was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week.
M7oJ8 Til that most olive oil is real and California olive oil manufacturers made up the study about the Mafia and fake olive oil in Italy.
R7XN9 TIL that the little "light" dots that sometimes fly around in your vision are called "blue-sky sprites" and its part of a phenomenon called "Blue Field Entopic Phenomenon" where white blood cells are moving in the capillaries in-front of your retina.