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lo0JG TIL that 19 players died playing football in 1905 and about to be banned by colleges until Teddy Roosevelt changed it making it safer and saved Football. Such as the forward pass, a neutral zone, prohibitions against brutal maneuvers like kneeing and punching opponents using locked hands.
Wj68 TIL chemical engineer Dave Whitlock hasn’t bathed in more than 12 years. Instead, the MIT graduate sprays himself with live bacteria and is working with AOBiome, a company that uses naturally occurring bacteria in skin-care products to clean and eliminate odor and sweat.
W6Q4 TIL that Led Zeppelin song “Black Dog” is named after a Black Labrador that was wandering around the recording studio, and does not have any real relation to the song itself.
nPGP TIL cops are significantly less likely to die on the job than bartenders and cab drivers.
XDNX TIL That Lockheed Martin test pilots carry the wallets and car keys of the chief aircraft engineers as a sign of good faith.