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TIL that 2000s WWF heel, Chris Harvard (Christopher Nowinski) is a Harvard graduated Neuroscientist. He co-founded Boston University's CTE center and wrote the 2006 book "Head Games" which sounded the alarm about CTE in the NFL

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pYDPO TIL that the Sushruta Samhita, a Sanskrit text on medicine and surgery written in India around the 6th century BCE, contains detailed surgical techniques—including cataract surgery, rhinoplasty, and even plastic surgery—around 2000 years before similar practices were documented in the West.
wLKW8 TIL Scotland has the highest percentage of cocaine usage in the world with around 1 in 40 scots using the drug.
x6P7b TIL of Irene of Athens (750-803 CE), the first sole-ruling empress in Roman history. Her husband the emperor having died, she had her son's eyes gouged, and him imprisoned, becoming sole ruler for 5 years, when she was exiled to the island of Lesbos and forced to support herself by spinning wool.
PYb0n TIL Robert Hunter's relationship with the Grateful Dead grew until he was officially a non-performing band member. When the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, Hunter was included as a band member, the only non-performer ever so honored. RIP Robert Hunter
woNxY TIL that sheep are naturally born with long tails