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TIL that the NBA, MLB, NHL and NFL all have contingency plans if numerous players are killed or severely injured on a team.

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KG6w TIL that a billionaire on house arrest in Florida was allowed to charter a plane and fly himself and his guards to Texas to see his ailing mother.
nWGWr TIL Nic Cage hired an alcoholic to follow him around so he could emulate his behaviour for Leaving Las Vegas.
eZ9n TIL of a Dutch nursing home which provides free housing to college students in return for being good neighbors, interacting with older residents, attending parties, etc to ward off loneliness and depression common in the elderly.
NXjxE TIL that Fuente del Ángel Caído - the Monument of the Fallen Angel, situated in Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain - is at the height of exactly 666 meters above the sea level and is reputed to be the only prominent sculpture dedicated to the devil
nepkG TIL Former Manson Family member Barbara Hoyt, was poisoned by a hamburger with several doses of LSD in it. This was meant to prevent her from testifying in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The plan backfired when she survived. After the attempt to silence her, her reticence disappeared.