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TIL A North Carolina man owns the only known recording of Super Bowl I, as CBS and NBC didn’t save it. The NFL countered his $1 million offer for the taping with $30,000, then later refused to buy it at all, yet warned him he’ll face legal action if he sells it to anyone else.

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a8pgL TIL the name for “fear of cats” is “ailurophobia” and “felinophobia.” Why? Because “airluros” was what Greeks called Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess.
D1mbv TIL that Arthur Raymond Chung - President of Guyana, South America from 1970 to 1980 - is noted for being the first ethnically Chinese head of state in a non-Asian majority country.
vVoL TIL that Kermit the Frog was implied to be somehow responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the television special “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie”, the twin towers were digitally added back into the NYC skyline for the alternate reality where Kermit the Frog had never been born.
PYApO TIL 'The Wizard of Oz' saved the lives of the "munchkins." In 1938, the Nazis plan was "exterminating undesirables," including those born with a physical impairment. Landing their roles allowed them to escape Nazi Germany and come to US. They couldn't speak english; their voices are someone else's.
YAPP TIL Trees can tell if deer are trying to eat them. Due to their ability to detect deer saliva, trees defend themselves by producing excess acids that cause their buds to taste bitter so that the deer will lose interest and leave them alone