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TIL That Drew Carey no longer needs glasses to see. He had LASIK in 2001. He continues to wear glasses because it’s part of his image.

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lo9k5 TIL actor Scott Glenn refused to reprise his Silence of The Lambs role of FBI agent Jack Crawford in the subsequent movies because the research he conducted for the original film disturbed him so much. It still apparently causes him anxiety to this day.
DQ44Y TIL the last Civil War widow died in 2020.
8aBBP TIL Ibuprofen helps women feel better emotionally, but not men. Men who take the drug report harsher feelings of rejection, and women report feeling better.
W7ewX TIL the Dutch Royal Family Returned Prince Bernhard’s Nazi Membership Card to Germany, Sparking Renewed Controversy
V7Z8 TIL the inventor of the floppy disk, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, would nearly drown himself to death in order to come up with ideas, believing the lack of oxygen would help him think creatively.