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TIL that only one NHL player, Victor Lynn, has played for all of the league’s Original Six teams

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rNrr0 TIL the theme music for NBA on NBC broadcasts, "Roundball Rock," that soundtracked the network's NBA coverage from 1990 to 2002 - during periods when NBC didn't broadcast the NBA - was used as NBC's theme for its Olympic basketball coverage, first in 2008 and then in every Summer Olympics since 2016
yvxJ TIL that horseshoe-crab blood, at $60,000/gallon, is valued to such an extreme degree because it is not only employed worldwide in bacterial contamination tests, it is also used in testings for every single drug approved by the FDA, making it a $50 million/year industry.
m1w0E TIL of Philae 436, likely the very last ancient Egyptian heiroglyphs to be carved.
LvbP TIL 1 in every 6 couples that use condoms will become pregnant due to misuse. 1 in 50 will become pregnant due to product failure.
GRAN TIL That in the Cold War the British developed a Nuclear land-mine that, in order to operate, required several live chickens.