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TIL both of Geddy Lee’s (lead singer/bassist of Rush) parents were Holocaust survivors. First imprisoned at Auschwitz, they were separated to Bergen-Belsen and Dachau; they found each other after Allied liberation, married, and emigrated to Canada.

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8e1WZ TIL Christy Martin, "The Coal Miner's Daughter," was a pioneering figure in women's boxing. She won multiple titles, including the WBC women's super welterweight championship, during the 1990s. Martin was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020.
pQ8b TIL Sorcery is illegal in Saudi Arabia. They even have an official “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” tasked with apprehending sorcerers and reversing the detrimental effects of their spells
ZgPv TIL in falconry that birds reared from hatchlings by a human become sexually imprinted on that human. To breed, the human lets the male bird copulate with his head while he is wearing a special hat with pockets on to catch the male bird’s semen.
Vod0 TIL that the WWE has a nuclear-proof vault that has all of the WWE’s footage
7rLoM TIL that during construction of the new Yankee Stadium, a construction worker and avid Boston Red Sox fan buried a replica jersey of Red Sox player David Ortiz underneath the visitors' dugout with the objective of placing a "hex" on the Yankees, much like the "Curse of the Bambino."