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TIL Katy Perry’s halftime performance at Superbowl XLIX that saw the Seahawks and the Patriots face off in 2015, was seen by more people then the general game itself.

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7j5x TIL that treadmills were originally used as punishment for prisoners.
16AO4 TIL the battle of D-Day that helped end WWII started with the wounded left to drown in the rising tide. If the men got to the beach at all, they were soaked, half-drowned, and seriously weakened from seasickness. They were often without an officer, a functioning radio, or even a working weapon.
M6vV TIL firefighters in Tennessee let a house burn because the homeowners didn’t pay a “$75 fire subscription fee”
eZEJ TIL Costco sells approximately 60,000,000 rotisserie chickens every year.
4kpoo TIL of how Alberta became the first place in the world to banish the rat