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

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l0XA TIL: When Mr T. was a Military Policeman he was ordered to chop down trees by a Sergeant as a punishment. He chopped down over 70 trees in 3 ½ hours and only stopped when ordered to by a very shocked Major.
Ow96 TIL that in 1952, a French man used a contagious and deadly virus to kill rabbits on his estate. It spread out of control, killing up to 98% of rabbits in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Britain. He was later given a medal by the head of the Department of Rivers and Forests.
ANDAB TIL That the value of pi was approximated to be 355/113 in the 5th century. This is the closest approximation of the value of pi that one can obtain without having 4 numbers in the denominator.
JYD94 TIL John Astin, the actor who played Gomez in the original sitcom The Addams Family, had pockets lined with asbestos. His character often pulled lit cigars out of his suit pockets, thus the need to line the jacket pockets with the deadly flame retardant
QvL TIL that there’s a United States flag of peacetime. It’s striped vertically instead of horizontally.