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TIL that Packers Legend Tony Canadeo, who only played for the Green Bay Packers, is in the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.

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JYPvj TIL that the Election Commission of India sets up a polling station for just one person, 40 Kms inside a lion sanctuary. A team of two policemen and five officials travel along with the voting equipment to register the vote of Guru Bharatdas Darshandas, who is the priest of a local temple.
yVkWw TIL In October 1809 Friedrich Staps attempted to assassinate Napoleon but was captured. Napoleon himself interrogated the would be assassin. On the possibility of being pardoned Staps said, ‘I would notwithstanding seize the first opportunity of taking your life.’ and he was executed on the 17th.
VMLB TIL former Weezer member Mikey Welsh correctly predicted the time, place and cause of his own death
4XvrR TIL After an assassin had shot him while leaving an Opera House Dutch Ruler William the Silent believing these to be his last words told his bodyguards that he forgives the man who killed him and pardons him for the crime.
mxYkM TIL Andy Whitfield filmed the entirety of his lead role in “Spartacus” while battling Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. His struggle was documented in an Oscar-nominated documentary called “Be Here Now,” which served raise awareness for people suffering from leukemia and lymphoma.