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TIL Jason Brown, the highest paid center in NFL in 2009, quit after making $25M to become a farmer and donates his crops to food pantries.

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N61M TIL although Armand Hammer was part-owner of Arm & Hammer, the company was not named after him and had been operating under that name for 31 years prior to his birth.
j6r0X TIL when St. Peter’s Basilica was remodeled in the 1600’s, the tombs of nearly a thousand years of Catholic Popes were destroyed.
BmOd TIL that according to a latin translation of the bible, Moses had horns on his head. He is depicted with horns in a marble statue made by Michelangelo.
dDyAE TIL Academy Award winning actor Jack Palance was Ukranian. His birth name was Volodymyr Ivanovich Palahniuk.
Vvm8 TIL A Yale University study on scent recognition found the scent of Crayola crayons is one of the most recognizable scents for adults, ranking at number 18 and beating out cheese and bleach, which placed at 19 and 20, respectively.