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TIL Macho Man Randy Savage played minor league baseball for years before moving on to wrestling

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mxO7y TIL Thousands of tigers are kept as pets in Texas, making it the 2nd largest population of the endagered species in the world, after India.
wJN1 TIL: Sea Otters have a “favorite rock” they store in a special pouch. This rock is used for various things, such as cracking open shellfish and clams.
vPB8j TIL that the Library of Alexandria was not destroyed in a single massive fire, rather it gradually declined over several centuries
7rnX TIL Pope John Paul II entered and prayed in a mosque, and even kissed the Qur'an, in an effort to improve religious relations with Islam.
gM698 Today I learned of skydiver Joan Murray who crash landed on a fire ant mound at 80 MPH because her chutes failed to deploy and survived because because of the fire ants' sting caused a surge of adrenaline which kept her heart beating.