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TIL the most successful football (soccer) team in East Germany was SC Dynamo Berlin. The President of the club was also the head of the STASI secret police.

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R7D06 TIL: To combat the theft of trees around Christmas time, University of Nebraska-Lincoln used to spray their trees with fox urine. It freezes and has no odor outside, but thaws if taken indoors. The resultant smell is so rancid it is “eye-watering”.
9wrjX TIL While widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, Lauryn Hill has only released 1 single solo album during her entire career, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
0Bdj TIL that there is an extinct species of shark that had teeth resembling a buzz saw
Y7XVr TIL that the 727 (N467US) that was hijacked by DB Cooper in 1971 was later sold in 1984 and wound up being used for JANET flights from Las Vegas to Tonopah and Area 51 during the testing and production of the F117A Nighthawk program.
j6GVj TIL that in the internal data of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, there is data for Professor Oak as a Pokémon Trainer. His team includes the starter Pokémon that neither the player nor the rival chose, and his Pokémon have higher levels than those of the Champion and the final boss, the rival.