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TIL that soccer players run much farther than other sports averaging 7 miles a game, compared with 2.55 miles for Basketball and 1.25 miles for American football

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OGgae TIL that in 2019 the highest-paid public employee, in 40 out of the 50 United States, was a college football or basketball coach.
7rapO TIL that in AD 378, an auxiliary in the Roman army helped save Constantinople from the Goths when the auxiliary, dressed only in a loincloth, stabbed one in the throat and sucked out his blood, terrifying the Goths
R5V67 TIL in 1842, PT Barnum, a.k.a The Great Showman, showed off a "Fiji Mermaid". Barnum insisted it was an authentic skeleton from a mermaid, but on his death bed, admitted what folks saw was the skeleton of a monkey torso and fishtail sewed together made by Japanese sailors in 1822
O9r1 TIL that Stephen Colbert is a Sunday school teacher
kOoaE Recently, a collaboration of marine researchers from eight different countries began a project called GoJelly to create an array of jellyfish-based products, including water filters, fish feed, face cream, fertilizers, and food.