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TIL that NFL stadiums pour fabric softener over all the turf on the field so static electricity doesn't make the turf stick to the jerseys, pants, cleats, etc.

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64dQ TIL Thomas Jefferson became interested in Indian burial mounds near his Virginia home and decided to excavate them and record his findings. His use of trenching and stratigraphy make it the first Archaeological dig in North America
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