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TIL th NFL moved 1993 Super Bowl from Arizona after residents there voted against recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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nWk9W TIL That TGIF restaurants banned flair (buttons) because of the movie Office Space (1999)
epQb4 TIL about an Iranian translator named Zabihollah Mansouri, who on one hand became Iran's most famous translator, but on the other hand became known for liberally adding his own content into translations to the point of making up entire books
7r5QO TIL that Harbor Freight Pittsburg clamps can be reversed to spread things instead of just clamping...
0exL TIL violence in Hebrew (‘alimut’=אלימות) comes from the word 'elem’=אלם, which means a person who can’t express his feelings through words.
0dJNy TIL a Boeing 727 disappeared 290km off the coast of Canada in 1990 and no trace has ever been found