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d8RYj TIL about one of the rarest plays in (American) football: The “Fair Catch Kick”. After a team calls a fair catch, they can opt to attempt a free kick from the spot of the catch to try for a field goal. Adapted from Rugby, only 24 recorded regular game attempts with 6 successes.
VpBk TIL Bill Murray does not have an agent or a manager. Instead he has a number to call and pitch him an idea via the voice mail. If he likes it he will call you back. The phone number is impossible to find. The only people who know it are people who already have worked with him.
9JOM TIL the opening scene from The Exorcist was shot in the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq. These were the same ruins the terrorist group ISIL destroyed in february 2015
OoBE6 TIL the first widely available antibiotic was not penicillin, but a drug called Prontosil. Prontosil and drugs derived from it saved millions of lives up till the 1960's. Its creator, a German named Gerhard Domagk, was awarded the Nobel Prize for his efforts.
6E1w TIL the gender symbols (♂ ,♀ ) represent a shield and a spear for male, and a mirror for female.