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TIL: While no team has 3-peated as Super Bowl Champions, two players have.

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dw9K TIL: Loki appeared in Marvel Comics roughly 13 years before Thor.
gMJY7 TIL About RAS Syndrome, Redundant Acronym Syndrome, like when people say PIN Number or ATM Machine.
neAxP TIL about 'Jemmy Button' the Fuegian native who was stolen on Darwins 'Beagle' to England, taught to be an 'English Gentleman' and returned to Tierra del Fuego where he subsequently reverted to his 'native ways' and was later blamed for the murder of a group of missionaries.
mxAQY TIL Pungents are small bottles used to carry smelling salts and other odorous things. Dating back to at least the 19th century, pungents were often decorated to look like seahorses and dolphins, among other things.
kOv1e TIL When Britain invaded Iceland during WWII, they brought 4 battleships and 746 Royal Marines vs Iceland's 60 police officers and 300 untrained reservists. There was only one casualty, a Royal Marine who committed suicide en route to Iceland.