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TIL the original Baltimore Ravens logo was redesigned because the Ravens refused to give him an autographed helmet to it's creator.

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1mar TIL California has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states, only 27 of which are serious.
o8GW TIL that in 2014 Sony made a cassette tape that could hold 185 terabytes of data or the equivalent of 3,700 Blu-ray discs.
Eg6QX TIL in 2013 businessman Tan Youhui hired a hitman to take out a competitor. That hitman hired another and so on ending up with 5 hitmen subcontracted for the same job and the plan falling apart.
M7EBb TIL There was a Portuguese woman in early 18th century who disguised herself as a man and joined the army, fought in India and became captain of a fortress. She was found out when she asked the king for permission to marry a colleague.
Z8Jjv TIL when Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score in the Olympics, the scoreboard displayed "1.00" instead of a perfect "10". Omega SA, the manufacturer of the scoreboard did not program the device to display a 10, since they thought it was impossible to attain.