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TIL Iran banned mullets

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b6Jg4 TIL NFL running back Christian "The Nigerian Nightmare" Okoye originally found American football "boring" and didn't start playing the sport until he was 23. By age 28, he was the 1989 NFL season leader in rushing yards, and would later be inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs' Hall of Fame
LQ6Pd TIL in Norway, 'Odd', and 'Even' are common male first names. It is not unusual for a man to be named Odd-Even
8a5lb TIL there used to be a sport called Ferret-legging, where a ferret is trapped in a contestant’s pants, while not wearing underwear.
N7a8 TIL we know what the Sun sounds like - and it’s terrifying!
ooPE TIL Steven Spielberg refused to take a salary for making Schindlers List, & instead relinquished all profits to create a Holocaust Survivor’s charity. Fearing the low budget film would be a flop, the studio agreed to fund it only if he helped them with another project the same year - Jurassic Park.