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TIL that the boxing announcer who came up with that catchphrase “let’s get ready to rumble” trademarked the phrase and has made more than $400 million by licensing it.

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VBLOD TIL 50 years ago, a modified prototype of the Concorde supersonic jet was used to follow a solar eclipse for 74 minutes, a record that still stands today.
VMw9Z TIL the FBI has an Instagram page that's private, has zero followers, but has 26 posts that no one's ever seen
M7gXK TIL in Delaware, license plate numbers can be traded between individuals. Numbers 4 and up are eligible for trade, and lower digit numbers can go for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In 2008, the number 6 sold for $675,000.
jN6ZX TIL that the record for passengers on a ship was set in WW2 by the Queen Mary: 16,082. The ocean liner was so fast it often sailed without escort and could outrun both submarines and torpedoes
EgKox TIL that in rural Kentucky, there's a family known as the "Blue Fugates" due to the dark blue skin color of many family members. This was seen in over six generations because of inbreeding. It's called hereditary Methoglobinemia.