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TIL if a professional wrestler really gets injured during a match the referee will raise his arms over his head into an “X” shape to signal to backstage officials and paramedics that something is legitimately wrong.

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QJY6e TIL that Henry VIII was sometimes called "Old Coppernose." He issued debased coins to fund wars and one coin was mostly copper with a thin layer of silver on top. The coin had a portrait of Henry and his projecting nose caused the silver to wear off first exposing the copper underneath.
PYvGw TIL Producer, rapper, and MC Dennis Coles, also known as Ghostface Killah, was the eldest of 9 children. He cared for two younger brothers with muscular dystrophy, lifting them in and out of their wheelchairs at 13 years old. When he found success with Wu Tang, he focused on getting them cared for.
kOyj4 TIL of the Truth about Hansel and Gretel - a book that purportedly uncovered the origins of the myth: a baker named Hans Metzler and his sister Gretel killed an old woman for her recipe for gingerbread. Wildly popular, the book was soon discovered to be a hoax
R7LgQ TIL that George Foreman started boxing at age 17. He won an Olympic gold at 19, turned professional at 20 and became the heavyweight champion of the world at 24. He later regained the heavyweight title at 45.
ANNV4 TIL that Lobsang Rampa, Tibetan Monk and bestselling author of The Third Eye, was in fact Cyril Hoskin, the son of a plumber from Devonshire. When this became known, he stated he was possessed by a Tibetan monk after he fell out of a tree in his back yard whilst tying to photograph an owl.