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TIL WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper broke down in Mickey Rourke’s arms after watching a screening of The Wrestler, due to the film’s accurate portrayal of the lives many older and independent professional wrestlers live.

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Wkv6o TIL A 2004 American Public Health Association (APHA) resolution called for a moratorium factory farms for growing antibiotic resistance of pathogens, drinking water contamination from waste, severe respiratory problems in workers, and illnesses among people living nearby
ADbkd TIL foxes are more closely related to walruses than to cats
YpaoA TIL that that attributing depression to spontaneously low serotonin is “deeply misleading and unscientific” and 65-80% of people on antidepressants are depressed again within a year.
OGoeY TIL that while a majority of nations call the country “Finland”, the Finnish people refer to their country’s name as “Suomi” instead.
RPW4 TIL of a Price is Right episode where a player got the showcase exactly right and was accused of cheating. He studied the reoccurring prizes at home beforehand and memorized their prices.