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TIL in 2011, when Donovan McNabb signed with the Minnesota Vikings, Chris Kluwe agreed to change his jersey number on the condition that McNabb make a $5,000 donation to charity, to mention Kluwe’s band a total of 5 times during McNabb’s press conferences, and to buy him an ice cream.

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