TIL former "the Bachelor" contestant Ryan Sutter has the record for shortest NFL career at 5 seconds. He injured his arm on the opening kickoff of his first game.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 03:43AM by chbailey442013
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The US Sun
I had the shortest NFL career lasting just 5 seconds - then I became a TV star
THE shortest NFL career lasted just five seconds before disaster struck on-field. This pushed the short-lived NFL star to pursue a career in reality television. Ryan Sutter, now 51, was picked 113r…
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TIL the USA has a larger consumer market than the EU, China, and India combined.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 04:06AM by ProfessionalGear3020
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TIL the Pro Football Hall of Fame is not affiliated with the NFL and is privately controlled by a real estate developer named Stuart Lichter
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 12:05AM by ChiefStrongbones
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Sportico
Hall of Fame Resort Going Private for Pennies, Market Approves
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment is going private at 90 cents a share. Developer Stuart Lichter is buying the business out. Sportico has details.
TIL that there were at least two versions of Demolition Man: the US version had Taco Bell as the winner of the Franchise Wars and the European version had Pizza Hut.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 04:21AM by FrenziedFennec
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TIL that roughly 1 in 3 ICE agents identifies as Hispanic or Latino. This is largely due to the agency’s heavy recruitment of bilingual officers and its large presence in Southwest border states like Texas and Arizona.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 02:50PM by Flaky-Condition2647
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TIL that in 1960, a B52 crashed during training. The navigator, thinking the plane was crashing, ejected without orders. The pilot, heard the ejection, thought the plane was breaking up, and ordered the crew to eject. The plane flew crewless for 50 miles before crashing.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 02:33PM by Overall-Register9758
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TIL The Dodge Tomahawk was an "automotive sculpture" sold through the Neiman Marcus catalog about 20 years ago
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 01:17PM by FlakyLion5449
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TIL chickens can perform simple arithmetic, have basic time perception, show self-control (can delay a smaller reward for a larger one later), show object permanence (understand an object exists when out of sight; humans get at age 2), and possess transitive inference (humans achieve at age 7)
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 04:41PM by Mountain_Love23
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Thinking chickens: a review of cognition, emotion, and behavior in the domestic chicken
Domestic chickens are members of an order, Aves, which has been the focus of a revolution in our understanding of neuroanatomical, cognitive, and social complexity. At least some birds are now known to be on par with many mammals in terms of their ...
TIL Colgate University embraces 13 as its lucky number, rooted in the 1817 founding by 13 men with $13 [$1 each] and 13 prayers, and its address at 13 Oak Drive. The university celebrates its day every Friday the 13th.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 11:56AM by operatingsys2016
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TIL that during World War II, British intelligence spread a rumor that carrots improve night vision to hide the existence of radar technology.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 05:32PM by laso5654
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TIL about Rick Rescorla, a survivor of America's toughest battle in Vietnam(Ia Drang, LZ X Ray), was also the one to organize an evacuation plan in case a plane hit the Twin Towers. He was last seen entering the tower looking for survivors.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 06:30PM by Firecracker048
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TIL that 80s adult film actress Traci Lords starred in 75 adult films before leaving the industry. It was later revealed that she had faked her age, and that all but her final movie were filmed while she was a minor
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 07:22PM by MrMojoFomo
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TIL in 1871, to force accountability of Boss Tweed's corruption in NYC, 70 reformers/financial leaders of the City formed a committee that convinced property owners to stop paying taxes, and got a Judge to block the city Comptroller from issuing bonds or spending money. Quickly ending Tweed's reign.
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TIL a woman nicknamed the 'Rooftop Ninja' lived for about a year inside a sign on the roof of a Family Fare grocery store in Midland, Michigan. Inside the sign, she had a computer, printer, desk, and coffee maker. She was discovered by a contractor who noticed an extension cord running into the sign
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Global News
‘Rooftop Ninja’: Woman lives undetected in Michigan store sign for a year - National | Globalnews.ca
The 34-year-old woman had outfitted the sign's small space with flooring, a coffee maker, printer and more.
TIL that Mark Steven Zuckerberg sued Facebook in September of 2025, because his account was repeatedly removed for impersonation of Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 06:42PM by therealvelichor
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Bbc
Mark Zuckerberg - no, not that one - sues Facebook for account shutdowns
The Facebook founder's namesake in Indiana says he has lost business because his social accounts keep getting shut.
TIL that the Trojan Horse is not in Homer's Iliad, that it's briefly mentioned in the Odyssey, and that most of the story surrounding it actually comes from Virgil's Aeneid
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 08:51PM by tomispev
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TIL about a 5.5 tonne solid gold Buddha, the largest solid gold sculpture. It was covered in plaster for 200 years about and forgotten until 1955!
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 10:04PM by vercingetafix
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TIL of Évariste Galois, a 19th century mathematician and womaniser. Age 20 he fought a duel for seducing a mans fiancé. He lost the duel, but had spent night prior madly writing down his theories. The rambling and ink-stained pages would end up birthing an entire new field of maths: “Galois Theory”
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 06:07PM by RotaryDane
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Évariste Galois
Évariste Galois was a French mathematician famous for his contributions to the part of higher algebra now known as group theory. His theory provided a solution to the long-standing question of determining when an algebraic equation can be solved by radicals…
TIL that 25-40% of the British Empire's army were Irish during colonial conquests of the 18th and 19th centuries. There was also no mandatory connoscription until 1916.
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Submitted February 04, 2026 at 11:15PM by slagmunch
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TIL Dr Pepper is not a cola, root beer, or fruit-flavored soft drink, but instead belongs to its own category called "pepper sodas", named after the brand itself
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Submitted February 05, 2026 at 12:22AM by RiverMesa
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TIL while filming the Bond film "Goldfinger" (1964), the re-creation of the Fort Knox repository was incredibly accurate and looked so real that a 24-hour guard was placed on the set at Pinewood Studios so that pilferers would not steal the gold bar props.
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Submitted February 05, 2026 at 12:01AM by Away_Flounder3813
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