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TIL in a game of hockey, the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 with a zamboni driver in goal (as a back-up).

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eEmE TIL When Beethoven went deaf, he composed his music by hacking the legs off his piano and sitting on the floor so he could feel the vibrations.
xVLkw TIL that Glenn Close attended the 102 Dalmatians premiere in character as Cruella de Vil, and even had some writers come up with Cruella-esque responses to expected journalist questions
rkXy TIL German was the second most widely spoken language in the USA, until it was forcibly suppressed during WWI. The declaration of Independence in 1776 was even published in German first and only published in English a day later.
Rv8a TIL that Johnny Depp hates watching himself in movies, and needs a “few bottles of wine” before he can stomach it.
VBYVk TIL In 1952, during his stint in the Navy, Jimmy Carter was once lowered into a damaged nuclear reactor as part of the clean-up process. This resulted in him having measurable levels of radiation in his urine for about the next six months.