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TIL actor Jason Segel answered to "Dr. Dunk" in high school

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R79Bw TIL In 2011, near Syracuse, N.Y., a man riding bareheaded in an anti-helmet law rally lost control of his cycle, went over his handlebars, hit his head on the pavement and died. A state troopers said he motorcyclist likely would have survived the accident if he'd been wearing a helmet.
wonE6 TIL The Most Controversial Shirt in Rock History led to 22 years of arrests and public outrage. Extreme-metal band Cradle of Filth released the shirt in 1993. It bears the image of a masturbating nun on the front with the phrase “Vestal masturbation,” and the words “Jesus is a cunt on the back.
7d4L TIL Hegesias, an Ancient Greek philosopher, was banned from teaching in Alexandria after writing a book called Death By Starvation, which argued that death is superior to living. It inspired many suicides, leading to his nickname: “The Death-Persuader”
VBEyB TIL: the US State Department officially recommends that if you travel to Somalia, you first "Draft a will and designate appropriate insurance beneficiaries", "Be sure to appoint one family member to serve as the point of contact with hostage-takers", "review the Live Piracy Report", etc.
loVkN TIL that urine doesn't come directly from your digestive tract, but is produced by filtering your blood... Feels like I should have known that.