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TIL Ted Lasso was an NBC ad campaign 7 years before the series.

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OmJR TIL if you’re an American with over $4,436 in your bank account, you’re above average.
ve5R TIL Yu Pengnian gave up his entire $1B+ fortune to charity. When some said it was “unnatural” for him to leave none for his family, he replied, “If my children are competent, they don’t need my money. If they’re not, leaving them a lot of money is only doing them harm.”
oRywA TIL the Pioneer plaque man and woman were originally intended to be shown holding hands, but Carl Sagan soon realized that an extraterrestrial might perceive them as a single creature rather than two organisms.
p88A4 TIL Quarterback Sam Bradford has earned over $114 Million over his 7 year career in the NFL and has never once been to the Playoffs or Pro Bowl.
mxdEp TIL since Japanese honeybees don't have big enough stingers to pierce giant hornet exoskeletons, they instead attack by swarming them in "hot bee balls" and cooking them to death. The friction of the buzzing bees can reach 117° F / 47° C at the core of the bee ball.