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TIL That Aeropostale supplied football uniforms for UConn & Pitt in the early 2000s

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VXdZ TIL that the worst industrial accident occured in Texas City, Texas in 1947. It was so powerful that it launched a 2 ton anchor over 2km, leveled 1,000 buildings and destroyed small aircraft flying overheard. It lead to the first class action lawsuit against the U.S. government.
OoZJR TIL the inventor of the Nerf football is the all-time leading scorer for the Minnesota Vikings
GAYnE TIL in 1603, The Spanish and Japanese massacred an estimated 20,000 Chinese in the Philippines (Sangley Rebellion)
Oodb1 TIL a man who doesn't exist had a baby. The DNA in the "fathers" sperm, which was 90% his DNA and 10% that of his twin’s, was from his unborn fraternal twin which the "father" had absorbed as an embryo.
D1eeV TIL that a blue whales tongue weighs as much as an elephant.