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TIL that in 1997 after rowdy eagles fans attacked 49ers fans, the Eagles opened a stadium jail with its own court system.

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x61Vg TIL Miami has an underwater graveyard, Neptune Memorial Reef. Cremated remains are mixed with concrete and formed into sculptures, with a copper plate marking each sculpture, so that family can dive and know where to visit their loved one’s specific resting place
wD41 TIL Noah Webster(the same Webster of Webster’s Dictionary) decided American’s should be independent, so he changed the spelling of many words from their English counterparts.
LQ0Pp TIL that the first female on record to circumnavigate the globe did so twice, surviving two or three shipwrecks. She was a milk-goat with no name on record, just called "The Well-Travelled Goat" in her 1772 obituary.
ANWgd TIL that light isn't the fastest thing. The expansion of the universe is significantly faster, perhaps even a million times faster!
5JwR TIL Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping we get very very drunk and cause unnecessary strain on the emergency services.