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TIL former UFC Champion Jon Jones once hid under a practice cage to avoid being drug tested by the USADA.

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x8P1 TIL every baseball used in the MLB since the 1950s has been treated with “rubbing mud” that is gathered from a secret location by the Bintliff family. The mud is used to help remove the slick finish on the ball and give the pitcher more grip.
NyLe TIL Tanks from WW1 were originally to be called Landships but the factory workers who were building them referred to them as Tanks because they resembled steel water tanks and the British concerned with secrecy kept that name.
Aw0a TIL Darth Vader lost an arm/hand 7 times in total
nWlor TIL that when Mozart died unexpectedly at age 35, rumors began circulating that he was poisoned by his colleague Antonio Salieri. Though proven untrue, the accusations and public belief contributed to nervous breakdowns later in Salieri's life.
PXDE TIL careers with the highest number of psychopaths are CEOs, Lawyers, and Media People