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TIL Lemmy, Robbie Williams and Phil Taylor all come from the same small 7000 people town

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neyEY TIL that the Aztecs believed our current world was the fifth in a series of creation cycles, and the previous four worlds were destroyed in a variety of ways from flooding to raining flames. According to the Aztecs, the world we currently live in will be destroyed by earthquakes
kJ9J5 TIL the NFL did a game in 1980 with no announcers based on a plan by Don Ohlmeyer. They made up for it with more pictures and graphics than ever before. Extra mics were added for sound, catching the varied background noise. They also asked the PA announcer to be more active and embellish his calls
rNKZd Today I learned that American couples only sleep with 1 duvet, large enough for the the two of them. And not separate ones. And they also have a weird thing called «top sheet»
5VBeD TIL that a video game was previously designed where one would play as Jack the Ripper brutally murdering prostitutes, except here these prostitutes would actually be vampires in disguise, thus making Jack the Ripper the hero in this game. This game was subsequently cancelled.
DOyr TIL Koala fingerprints and human fingerprints are so alike that crime scene experts can mistake one for the other.