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TIL an NFL player took a shit on a sideline without anyone noticing. For this accomplishment, Bill Belichick gave him the game ball.

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b90PZ TIL Not a single person accused of witchcraft in America has been burned at the stake. Burning at the stake was only done in Europe, where witchcraft was a crime against the church. In America, witchcraft was a crime against the state, for which the punishment was hanging.
x6BZb TIL David Attenborough, as a young TV producer, was instrumental in tennis balls being the colour they are today.
rN4R1 TIL the night before Iraq invaded Kuwait there was a soar in pizza orders made by the CIA
rjDx TIL That Johnny Knoxville has to use a catheter twice a day as a result of a stunt gone wrong
e0MB4 TIL about Pitchcapping. It was a British form of torture used on suspected Irish rebels in 1798. They would heat up tar and pour it on their heads allow it to cool and tear their scalp off.