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TIL There is a Bollywood remake of Forrest Gump titled "Laal Singh Chaddha"

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VMjGG TIL an Australian man suffered a sudden and severe form of meningitis at age 29, resulting in a 420-day coma, brain damage, paralysis and later death. The meningitis was caused by a parasite that entered his body 8 years prior after he ate a slug for a dare.
AD5xn TIL about Jim Corbett, a British hunter, tracker, and naturalist who hunted and killed a number of man eating tigers and leopards. One tiger he had killed, the Champawat tiger, had killed an estimated 436 people (the highest number of people killed by a tiger.)
MeVLW TIL that in 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America's number one beverage, water has taken over as Americans' favorite drink.
KO9wR TIL that 75% of people who work 4 days a week report high job satisfaction and less illness in the workplace. Over half (69%) report lower stress levels.
kJoKB TIL from the 1990s through 2021 the NFL used a method called "race-norming", which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function, as part of a dementia test to determine payouts in brain injury settlements.