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TIL I learned that 2 of the 3 Hanson brothers actors from the movie Slap Shot - Steve Carlson and Dave Hanson- played in the NHL.

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YpggA TIL that Christopher Columbus, when he heard that one of his men had sighted land in the Americas (earning a lifetime pension for it), claimed that he had seen it the day before but simply not bothered to mention it, and was given the pension instead.
EWJ7 TIL that porn star Eva Angelina is also a real estate agent.
jNZZv TIL American artist Chris Burden Had himself shot in the arm by a friend, as a part of a performance art piece called "Shoot"(1971) and when questioned about the work on BBC in 2012, he said "I had an intuitive sense that being shot is as American as apple pie".
DDer TIL The original voice actress for South Park, who voiced pretty much all the female characters, killed herself in 1999
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