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TIL In 1974, Toeless NFL Kicker Tom Dempsey Set A 43-Year Field Goal Record With 2 Seconds Left In The Game, Leading The Saints To A 19-17 Walk-Off Win

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OoWQ4 TIL Cities are associated with higher rates of most mental health problems compared to rural areas: an almost 40% higher risk of depression, over 20% more anxiety, and double the risk of schizophrenia, in addition to more loneliness, isolation and stress.
QkJM TIL that Sacha Baron Cohen is lined up to play Freddie Mercury in a movie about his life. I am elated. (1:28 long video)
Eero TIL Kanye West liked the score for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind so much that he hired Jon Brion to produce and write Late Registration with him – even though Brion had no hip-hop experience.
NPLQ TIL One out of every four bridges in America either carries more traffic than originally intended or is in need of repair.
wLnw6 TIL of the Texas City Disaster, the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. The explosion, caused by a ship full of ammonium nitrate catching fire, was so large that the ship's anchor serves as a memorial to the explosion where it landed... a mile and a half inland.