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TIL Tom Brady is ineligible for the College Football Hall of Fame

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0goy TIL back in 2011 NYC cops were acquitted of raping a drunk woman despite medical evidence corroborating her story, eyewitnesses the cops lied to, a fake 911 call by the cops trying to cover up the incident, and a taped admission by the cop that he had sex with the victim.
nWoJG TIL that in 1974, filmmaker Bob Clark directed a horror film, "Black Christmas," about a deranged killer who murdered girls on a sorority campus during the Christmas season. 9 years later in 1983, Clark once again directed a Christmas film, this time a family-comedy, titled "A Christmas Story."
4XjJa TIL that the March of Dimes charity was founded in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help fight polio, and became such a success that the dime itself was redesigned in 1946 to honor him.
gMwKy TIL In 36 BCE, Roman statesman Marcus Varro wrote about germs, describing “minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, which…enter the body through the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases.” The germ theory of disease would not be accepted widely for another 1,900 years.
mx91O TIL why ancient Greek sculptures have small penises. A small penis was considered a sign of high intellect and humanity, while a large phallus was thought to be an indication of low intellect and barbarism.