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TIL that on examining the brain of 111 deceased NFL players, 110 of them were found to have Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) - a degenerative disease believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head.

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DQ9ED TIL on the May 9, 1969, episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Rogers asked Officer Clemmons, a black policeman played by François Clemmons, if he'd like to cool his feet with Rogers in a child's pool. Clemmons accepted after Rogers offered to share his towel too. Most pools were still segregated.
eoyJ TIL trains were invented before bicycles
N7RGP TIL about the "Curse of the 9th." Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, & Dvorak died after writing their 9th symphony, so Mahler believed the 9th symphony was destined to be a his last. Although afraid to write his 9th, he eventually did & died before being able to complete his 10th fulfilling the curse.
vPRl8 TIL that dogs' noses are so sensitive that they can smell whale poop in the ocean from up to 1 mile (1.6 km) away
0a0v TIL Will Ferrell turned down $29 million to do a sequel to Elf. ‘It wasn’t difficult at all,’ he said. 'I remember asking myself: could I withstand the criticism when it’s bad and they say, “He did the sequel for the money”?