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TIL in 1996, Ali Dia scammed his way into playing a Premier League game for Southampton by pretending to be George Weah’s cousin. He lasted 53 minutes before being substituted and was released soon after.

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VBQdD TIL during an 12 year period from 1822 to 1833, four future US Presidents would all be born within the state of Ohio - Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Benjamin Harrison
peAG TIL On this day in 1987 R. Budd Dwyer would commit suicide on national tv thus inspiring Filter’s song Hey Man, Nice Shot
mnAp TIL the only compromise for censoring the cover of Nevermind that Kurt Cobain would accept was a sticker covering the baby’s penis that would say, “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”
RlPj TIL that the publishers of the game ‘Advent Rising’ originally offered $1,000,000 to the first person to find all hidden symbols within the game, but then had to change it to 'copies of several of its games’ due to issues with Xbox Live.
OkB1 TIL a monkey’s fist knot is used as the weight in heaving a line between ship and dock. Recognizing their potential, drunken sailors began using them as melee weapons in street and bar fights with the knot eventually being adopted by street gangs of the 19th century.