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TIL the Arizona Cardinals, an NFL franchise, are older than the state of Arizona. The Cardinals have been in continuous operation since 1898, while Arizona became a state in 1912.

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M7Rbm TIL: The "voice" of the GPS is often recorded by a person named Karen Jacobsen. She is an Australian singer and voiceover artist who recorded her voice in 2002 for a text-to-speech system used in over a billion GPS and smartphone devices worldwide.
kO4w5 TIL in 1987 a radiotherapy source containing Caesium-137 was stolen from an abandoned hospital in Brazil to be sold for scrap. The lead capsule was opened and the scrapyard owner's family members and friends played with the glowing material. The radioactive material killed 4 people.
167Qr TIL James Cameron's first big break was as a production designer on Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars (1980). Because of the tight budget Cameron used materials like McDonald's containers for sets and spent weeks with little sleep. His special effects were the best received part of the film.
gMN1A TIL that Panic At The Disco had an album planned to come after 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.' They had scrapped it to change directions with their sound and follow up with 'Pretty. Odd' instead. The songs were previously lost until found by the former bassist's father.
e0XNg TIL In 1980 a US sailor killed a Kenyan woman after a sexual escapade by repeatedly stabbing her with a broken beer bottle. He confessed to the murder, but the judge fined him KES 500 (4.57 USD) and made him sign a two-year bond of good behaviour (meaning he was free). He later killed 3 more women.