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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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M7rgA TIL about Spruce Creek Airport in Florida. A combined airport/neighborhood where every house connects to the runway via their own taxiway.
nPMY TIL that there are completely black Chicken that have black plumage, black legs and nails, black tongue, black meat and bones and even black organs.
D1rkp TIL the word "skunk" is derived from a word that literally means pee fox
kBd7 TIL that Leopold II slaughtered as many people as Hitler did, yet remains historically obscure.
nejj9 TIL Japan has the world most punctual railways. Their average delay is 18 seconds.