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TIL that in a 1990 game The Kansas City Chiefs crowd was so loud a ref once threatened it with a penalty if it didn’t quiet down.

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a8b99 TIL that Georges Bizet, the composer of Carmen, arguably the most popular opera in the repertoire, died before the opera was first produced and never knew how successful it was. Also, the opera initially received lukewarm reviews in France and only became popular when it was shown outside France.
PYAoO TIL there is a law in over 9 US states that forbids registered sex offenders from handing out candy or having Halloween lawn decorations on Halloween night
VMON8 TIL Karen, a 27-year-old currently living in San Diego, had a world-first open-heart surgery when she was only two years old. Karen is an orangutan.
7M7p TIL John Clem became the youngest sergeant in US history when he was 12, shot a confederate colonel with a miniature musket after he demanded his surrender, and was the last civil war veteran on active duty in 1915.
Lp1p TIL Nicolas Cage owned a pet octopus and claimed it helped with his acting.