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TIL Cleveland Brown QB Frank Ryan won the NFL title in 1964 and earned his Ph.D. from Rice in Mathematics in 1965. During the late 60's he was a Professor at the Case Institute of Technology, and would teach classes in the morning and then attend Football training in the afternoons.

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AAg4 TIL the popular dog name, Fido, which means “faithful one”, refers to a real dog in France during WWII that waited for his deceased master every day for 14 years (5,000 times) until his own death in 1958.
R7Qo6 TIL: The decline in hunters threatens how U.S. pays for conservation. The user-play, user-pay funding system for wildlife conservation has been emulated around the world. It has been incredibly successful at restoring the populations of North American game animals, some of which were once endangered
ADjmB TIL that a sheepherder in Wyoming built a cabin out of dinosaur bones he found on the ground, not knowing that’s what they were until a paleontologist stumbled upon the place in 1897.
Oo8le TIL that, according to MIT, Japan has the most knowledge-intensive economy in the world
9YNRX TIL U.S.P.S, FedEx and UPS have tipping regulatuions. U.S.P.S A non-monetary gift under $20 is appropriate. FedEx drivers can receive tips and gifts, but they should not exceed $75. UPS prefers its drivers to receive gifts, rather than cash.