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TIL The NFL Bans Firearms / Ammunition and Feminine Hygiene Products from Commercials and Advertisements

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v1bB TIL there are 161 discovered species of the zombie fungus Ophiocordyceps.
dDYld TIL a soccer ball (football) was used for the first two years of basketball. In 1894 the first basketball was marketed.
LVKZ TIL because the Black Guillemot lives on cliffs, it lays pointed eggs so that instead of rolling off the cliffs they spin in tight circles
7nLO TIL when Amazon.com launched, you could order a negative quantity of books from Amazon and receive a credit from them. (See Video at 0:45)
dnxd TIL Following the pepper-spraying incident involving peaceful protesters and an overzealous Campus Cop, UC Davis spent at least $175K in an effort to ‘scrub’ the internet of negative posts about the incident, part of their “strategic communications” budget that reached $5.47M in 2015.