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TIL that Kris Kristofferson was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but experienced a complete reversal of symptoms when he was treated for Lyme Disease.

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NaaQ TIL in 2012, a Chicago man bought a car for $600, registered it in his ex-girlfriend’s name, then parked it O'Hare airport and racked up 678 parking tickets totaling $105,761.80.
5V9EP TIL that exposure to chemicals known as Obesogens can disrupt the body's normal homeostatic controls and it can promote a process called adipogenesis which causes fatty tissue to accumulate in the body.
jNwGE Til About the Babe Ruth Story, a 1948 biopic of the eponymous baseball star that is considered to be the worst baseball film ever made. In it, Babe Ruth is portrayed as miraculously healing several children and a dog with his baseball antics.
Z8Y0a TIL the Beatles album, Abbey Road, was originally going to be called Everest but none of the Beatles wanted to fly to the Himalayas to take a photo so they just called the album Abbey road.
Bgg7y TIL That John Garand, who designed the M-1 rifle that bears his name, never received any royalties for the design and that an attempt to award him $100 000 by an act of Congress failed despite almost six million rifles being produced.