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TIL that in 2012 the remains of King Richard III were found buried beneath a parking lot.

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P1NoE TIL of Freshwater seals. There are rare populations in places such as Lake Baikal, Russia and Iliamna Lake, Alaska. In 2004, a healthy seal was found on the road in Merced County, California, more than 100 miles upstream from San Francisco Bay and half a mile from the San Joaquin River.
Z807Y TIL: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God" was a motto suggested for the Seal of the United States. Jefferson eventually appropriated it for his own seal. The source of the motto is not known for certain, but may have originated with Benjamin Franklin.
e01dk TIL When Meat Loaf formed his first band in 1968 (named Meat Loaf Soul), he was immediately offered three recording contracts, all of which he turned down.
oB78o TIL: the huddle in American football was invented by a team of deaf players to hide their sign language from opposing teams
jDln TIL that Amazon was initially named ‘Cadabra’, this was only changed when a lawyer misheard the name as 'cadaver’.