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TIL that 78% of NFL players are broke within 2 years of retirement

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QNvWE TIL that Pérez Prado's cover of the Neapolitan song 'Guaglione' became #2 hit in the UK in 1994, decades after its release, when Guinness used it in an advert.
BO8y TIL in 1994 a 74 year old man unable to get a driver’s license drove 240 miles on a 1966 John Deere lawnmower to visit his brother who recently had a stroke. At a top speed of 5 mph, the journey took 6 weeks.
xwD7 TIL each agency of the US government has put a price on a human life. As of 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency set the value of a human life at $9.1 million. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration put it at $7.9 million — and the Department of Transportation figure was around $6 million.
5mp TIL The English language used to have two extra letters in their alphabet called “thorn” and “wynn”. “J” and “U” only joined in the 16th century
a8Yp0 TIL at the Mcdonald's Global Headquarters in Chicago, IL, they have a restaurant with menu items from all over the world that you can try...and a "Hamburger University"