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TIL There is a psychological syndrome called the “Tetris Effect”, where things we focus on for long periods of time effect our thoughts, perceptions, and dreams.

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MeKRV TIL when the New York Jets played the Miami Dolphins in London in 2015, the team had 350 rolls of American toilet paper shipped to England on the recommendation of an intern who said British toilet paper was too thin.
rR0lW TIL that the NFL sent a cease and desist order to an Indiana Church in 2007 for charging admission to a Super Bowl party that was showing the game on a TV larger than 55 inches thus infringing on the NFL’s copyright laws.
4kvya Til that in Norse mythology they believed in 2 giants wolves known as Hati and Skoll, these wolves would then chase the sun and moon eventually devouring them during Ragnarok.
ANJX4 TIL that platypuses sweat milk. This is because it doesn't have teats. Milk appears as sweat on a platypus, but it's an aquatic mammal so it doesn't actually sweat at all.
D1lOr TIL a hot dog stand just outside of The Central Park Zoo in New York has an annual license fee of $289,500 to operate.