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TIL That Michael Vick's career long rush was only 61 yards

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GYNb7 TIL about Florida's notorious, state-run institution, Dozier School For Boys. Some 81 boys are known to have died there and that after the closing and demolition of the century old establishment, excavation crews uncovered the remains of 50+ students.
ZpDyB TIL Between June and December of 1982, E.T. The Extraterrestrial led the box office in 16 of the 25 weeks. Interspersed into the run were #1 movies like Porky’s, Conan, Wrath of Khan, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and An Officer and a Gentleman. E.T. kept returning as the family friendly favorite
W7ydN TIL that the black mamba is the most feared snake in Africa because of its size, aggression, venom toxicity and speed of onset of symptoms following envenomation.
LQQoV TIL that Kim Il-Sung's parents were devote Christians. Father was part-time Protestant Missionary and Mother was presbyterian. Mother's name, Pan-Sok, is derived from Saint Peter. They married by arrangements of American missionary L. Nelson Bell, the father-in-law of Billy Graham.
9YRgp TIL: In 1877, George Cowan got shot in the head, crawled to make coffee at an old camp, crawled thru Yellowstone, crossed a river, got burned in a forest fire, had surgery to remove bullets, got thrown from a carriage before it rolled over a cliff, and while receiving care afterwards, his bed broke