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TIL that the 1976 NFL team, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, by season's end, had 21 players on injury reserve. Of those 21 players, 18 of them required knee surgery.

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4jea TIL that South Africa is the only country in the world to independently develop nuclear weapons and then give them up: 6 finished warheads were dismantled in 1989.
Brgk TIL in 2008, more than 200 marijuana plants were found growing inside Miami’s Mall of the Americas.
NXGe8 TIL about Don Ritchie, an Australian who intervened and prevented at least 180 suicide attempts at a notable suicide destination called The Gap. He lived nearby and would approach and ask “Can I help you in some way?”
NXwEe TIL that December 11 is the most common breakup day of the year, with Christmas causing couples to reflect on whether they want to continue with relationship.
mx74p TIL of Littlewood’s Law of Miracles, which defines a miracle as a hugely-improbable, 1-in-a-million event. Assuming there are roughly eight hours per day where humans are alert, and we experience an “event” once per second, on average we should expect to experience a miracle about once per month.