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TIL that the Kansas City Chiefs had 6 Pro-Bowlers in 2012. Their record that season was 2-14.

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6m4l TIL that a mosquito sitting on your arm exerts more gravitational pull on you than the moon.
8aLEb TIL that the patent for insulin was sold by the co-founders to the University of Toronto for $1 each. Their intention was that such an important medication should be affordable to all who need it. In the USA in 2016, patients were paying on average $450 per month for their prescriptions of insulin.
Ol54 TIL That In 1915 Sir Cecil Chubb purchased Stonehenge plus the adjoining 30 acres for approximately $10,000 ‘on a whim’ as a gift for his wife who, it’s claimed, was none too pleased.
lolLA TIL Domino’s discontinued using the Noid as their mascot because a mentally ill man named Kenneth Lamar Noid thought the ads were a personal attack on him. In retaliation, he took two Domino’s employees hostage, demanded $100,000, a special-made pizza, and a salad. He later killed himself in 1995.
lZM7 TIL The phrase “under God” wasn’t added to the Pledge of Allegiance until 1954