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TIL: The first Heisman winner, Jay Berwanger, was also the first player chosen for the NFL during its first draft in 1936. The Chicago Bears acquired his signing rights. When Berwanger asked for $25,000 over two years, the Bears said, “No,” so Berwanger took a job as a foam-rubber salesman.

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8aY9b TIL women in ancient Rome didn’t have unique first names, but instead were just named after their family name. (For example, all women from Gaius Julius Caesar’s family were named Julia. Sisters were told apart by using nicknames, such as ‘Julia the Younger’, ‘Julia the Elder’, etc.)
QNdMa TIL that baby kittens and puppies can’t urinate and defecate on their own
vBE4 TIL that of the 112 deaths during the construction of the Hoover dam. The first was J.G.Tierney, a surveyor who drowned on December 20, 1922. His son, Patrick, was the last man to die working on the dam’s construction, 13 years to the day later.
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epnJ5 TIL dust mites are nearly everywhere; 84% of homes in the United States have dust mite allergens in at least one bed.