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TIL turkeys were once worshipped like gods by the Mayan people.

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OD17 TIL the NFL, a non-profit organization generates $9 billion in revenue and expects to triple that amount by 2027 all while getting taxpayers to fund 68% of stadium construction costs since 1923 and pays $30 million a year to its CEO
wVm6 TIL that PETA euthanizes about 99% of the animals that end up in their shelters.
AN65a TIL the punk rocker on the San Francisco city bus blasting "I Hate You" in the 1986 movie "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" was actually a crew member, associate producer Kirk Thatcher. He convinced director Leonard Nimoy to let him write a punk music song and perform it.
R7aQ TIL- there is a gang of women in India that go after abusive husbands and fight to stop child marriages.
a480 TIL that after being read The Declaration of Independence by George Washington, a crowd pulled down an equestrian statue of King George in New York City and used the lead to make musket balls.