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TIL: Alfred Hitchcock was quoted as saying “The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

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ReGa TIL that despite the NFL making more than $9 billion annually, projected to make more than $25 billion a year by 2027, pays its CEO more than $30 million a year, 68% of NFL stadium construction costs since 1923 coming from taxpayer money.
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