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TIL Herschel Walker was a Heisman winning running back, member of an Olympic bob sled team, ballet performer, professional mixed martial artist, successful businessman, and almost predictably suffers from multiple personality disorder.

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gWYX TIL that thirteenth century emperor Frederick II attempted to raise children without human contact to see if they developed a natural language. The children did not survive.
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P1KLL TIL that the sound of the opening riff of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits was created by accident, and they were never able to exactly recreate it again.
R5DMw TIL when polish pianst Arthur Rubinstein was asked to perform at the opening ceremony of the United Nations after world war 2, he noticed there was no polish delegation or polish flag in the hall. He then changed his program and opened with the polish national anthem.
OGYA6 TIL that pensioners in the UK over the age of 80 who claimed a state pension before 2016 receive a massive 25p week increase 'in recognition "of the special claims of very elderly people who on the whole need help rather more than others”'