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TIL a die hard football fan ran onto the field during a game and was sentenced to serve his jail time during the Super Bowl. He was also ordered not to watch or listen to the game.

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rRPko TIL that one Thomas Morgan Robertson 1. Turned a Scientist into a pop star 2. Produced Prefab Sprout's early works 3. Composed the synth intro to Foreigner's 'Waiting for a girl like you' and 4. Founded a software company that created the classic Nokia tune. His stage name?..Thomas Dolby
kONdB TIL in 1940 the WPA and NYC Tax Department took a picture of nearly every building in the five boroughs of NYC, these were digitized by the NYC Municipal Archives in 2018, collated, and geo-tagged to create a comprehensive streetview of 1940s NYC.
R7PPa TIL It is considered bad luck to say the word "Macbeth" in a theater production, which is why production's refer to it as "The Scottish Play"
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