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TIL Ancient Greeks used to go to the gym naked – the word ‘gymnasium’ means “school for naked exercise”.

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nelOY TIL that Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air was the voice of Shredder in the original TMNT cartoons.
edRD TIL that Dr. Seuss published a NSFW book in 1939. He wanted to draw “the sexiest-looking women” he could but its failure caused him to abandon the adult audience and focus on children’s books instead.
EgOwp TIL Cindy Williams left "Laverne & Shirley" because producers insisted she work on her baby's due date.
awe0Z TIL that two Welsh tourists in Australia, Rhys Owen Jones and Keri Mules, once got so drunk that they went to SeaWorld and swam with dolphins, let off a fire extinguisher in the shark enclosure and stole a penguin called Dirk
ZlX4 TIL that Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker’s guide was a guitarist and a friend of David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, and Adams played for Pink Floyd in their Earls Court concert in 1994. Adams played the guitar in the songs “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse”.