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TIL the NFL did a game in 1980 with no announcers based on a plan by Don Ohlmeyer. They made up for it with more pictures and graphics than ever before. Extra mics were added for sound, catching the varied background noise. They also asked the PA announcer to be more active and embellish his calls

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N7r6J TIL that in Japan, Valentine's Day is a day when girls buy chocolates and other gifts for boys they like. A month later, on March 14th, is called White Day. On that day, the boys will buy gifts to give back to the girls who bought them gifts on Valentine's Day.
awRwL TIL about Styles Hutchins, the first African American man to argue a case in a Georgia court. After his success in court, his client, Ed Johnson, was lynched, and Hutchins' law firm was burned down. Hutchins fled to Illinois, where he ceased practicing law and opened a barber shop.
VgX8 TIL of the Assassin Bug, a bug that wears its victims bodies as armor.
a55Z TIL that in 2013 a study from Connecticut College revealed that Oreos might be as addictive as cocaine
6nbw TIL a high-school student sued his school district after they suspended him for three days for giving an innuendo-laden speech at a school assembly. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court.