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TIL that NFL players where not compelled to stand for the anthem until 2009 when the US-ARMY began paying the NFL for “acts of patriotism”

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MegRm TIL in Japan, you can hire a handsome man to show up at your place, watch a sad video with you until you cry, then wipe your tears for you.
XEj1D TIL the estimated death toll of the Massacre at Huế during the Vietnam War was between 2,800 and 6,000 civilians and prisoners of war, or 5–10% of the total population of Huế. Victims were found bound, tortured, and sometimes buried alive. Many victims were also clubbed to death
mxeao TIL about the Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße (AVUS) in Germany which opened in 1921 making it the oldest controlled-access highway in Europe, and until 1998 was also used as a racetrack!
BWBL TIL that coin flips are more like 51/49, biased towards the side that was face-up when flipped
a8BOy TIL that the rectangular 9 volt battery, king of toy batteries, is actually made of 6 small cylindrical 1.5 volt batteries.