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TIL that a former NHLer—Anatoli Fedotov—played in the NHL BEFORE he got drafted

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g54W TIL that retired WWE wrestler CM Punk is now a writer for Marvel comics.
ADWeo TIL contact lenses were first proposed by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1508. He described a method of directly altering corneal power by either submerging the head in a bowl of water or wearing a water-filled glass hemisphere over the eye.
o7wL TIL Jack Unterweger became an Austrian celebrity after writing plays and stories while in prison for murder. On release he went on TV talk shows about prisoner reform and the recent murders of several prostitutes. As a journalist he interviewed other prostitutes and even police. He was the killer.
e0Yjk TIL of Bart the "Zombie Cat," who was accidentally buried alive after being presumed dead from a traffic accident. Bart clawed its way out of the shallow grave and was found meowing for food by a neighbour of his owner. He had surgery to remove his ruined eye and treat his broken jaw.
d8b7B TIL, about Frank “Cannonball” Richards, a carnival entertainer who’s most famous act involved getting hit by a 104 lbs cannonball from close range; he performed the act twice a day because “more than that was too painful.”