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TIL Greg Louganis cracked his head in the 1988 Olympics springboard preliminaries. He got 4 stitches and went on to win the gold medal the next day.

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e0G04 TIL Chris Farley was slated to play Shrek before he unexpectedly died. Mike Myers explains how he found out followed with audio of Farley doing story board work with Eddie Murphy.
6EPJm TIL: Bees don't buzz during an eclipse - Using tiny microphones suspended among flowers, researchers recorded the buzzing of bees during the 2017 North American eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up to the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison.
epPx6 TIL Wristwatches were originally designed to be worn inside your wrist, not outside.
e0ZNL TIL of Sarah Ann Henley, who survived a 75-metre jump because her billowing skirt slowed her fall.
wreE TIL China’s subway beggars have designed a system that governs which turf they get to work. Greenhand beggars who intrude on lines reserved for the disabled or elderly get a beating.