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TIL after Marcelo Bielsa became manager of Leeds United FC, he found out that the average fan had to work 3 hours to pay for a match ticket. He called his players together and made them pick up litter from around the training ground for 3 hours, to appreciate how the fans laboured for their passion

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YpkjZ TIL sultans of the Ottoman Empire employed deaf servants, because silence played a key role in expressing majesty to subjects and visitors.
R5Nv4 TIL Final Fantasy II & III were finished in a motel room in Sacramento after one of the main programmers, Nasir Gebelli, was forced to leave Japan because of an expired work visa while they were in development, so SquareSoft (Square Enix) just moved the rest of the development staff with him.
GAJEQ TIL that Timbaland plagiarized "Acidjazzed Evening" - a chiptune style track composed by Janne Sunni, to create the pop song "Do It". While he admitted to sampling, Timbaland did not believe his usage constituted 'stealing' and called the allegations 'ridiculous'.
9Gxp TIL that Prison inmates are teaching testy dogs civility. There may be no better place for bite-prone animals to receive the constant care they need to break out of their own prisons. The men who train the animals learn responsibility, and acquire a skill they can use outside the prison walls.
9YRD TIL when Michele Bachmann went on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Roots played a piece from Fishbone’s 1985 song “Lying Ass Bitch”