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TIL known for his mullet, Andre Agassi started to lose his hair at 19. Covering for the loss he wore a wig but was more focused on his top falling than winning. Once he decided to shave his head he won 6 additional Grand Slams and was the first to win those Slams on three different surfaces.

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awa4J TIL 50s Movie Director Ed Wood was a secret cross dresser whose SO did not know, he made and starred in a movie about about a secret cross dresser whose SO did not know and cast his real life SO as the movie character's SO. She eventually rejected him in real life, just as her movie character did.
kOJeE All muscles are capable of cramping, but the ones farthest away from your spinal cord—in your feet and lower legs, for example—tend to be the most vulnerable to seizing up. The long, spindly nerve cells that run from the spinal cord to the toes are especially prone to damage. The prevalence of nerve damage increases with age, so the elderly are among the most common victims.
b7jE TIL that a British sharpshooter nearly killed an unaware George Washington before the Battle of Brandywine, but the shooter decided against it because Washington’s back was turned.
e0ReJ TIL that five years before Superman was created there was a pulp fiction Superhero called 'Doc Savage'. He was known as 'The Man of Bronze,' and had a 'Fortress of Solitude ' in the Arctic. He had superhuman powers, though was not an alien. He was known as a Super Man, oh and his name was Clark.
Me717 TIL the motto among writers and cast of Seinfeld was "no hugging, no learning" (one writer said, "There will never be 'a very special episode' of Seinfeld"). In one scene during the episode "The Secret Code", Kramer tells Jerry, "Well, at least you learned something." Jerry replies, "No, I didn't."