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TIL Laurie Metcalf played Sheldon’s mom in The Big Bang Theory and her daughter Zoe Perry played Sheldon’s mom in Young Sheldon

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yV07J TIL the blind community loved the daredevil comics so much they sent Stan Lee, letters expressing their ejoyment of the comics. Stan lee had been concerned that he would offend blind people by his over-exageration
X0eDr TIL only 20% of Texas prisons have Air Conditioning. Temps are said to regularly reach 110°+ inside cell blocks during the summer.
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Z851Q TIL about the Atherstone Ball Game which is a Medieval football game played annually in England. Members of the town brawl over a large ball up and down the towns small ancient streets. The aim is simple: make sure you're holding onto the ball when the game ends. One rule : don't kill anybody!
abEL TIL that the FBI learned two of its informants were planning to murder a rival gangster. The FBI didn’t intervene, and the man was murdered. The FBI then stayed silent when four innocent men were convicted of the crime. By the time the truth was revealed, two of the four men had died in prison.