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TIL in 1984, Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars was so depressed he unsuccessfully tried to drown himself in the ocean and woke up the next morning believing that he was a ghost

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R4X1 TIL Richard Nixon proposed to his wife on their first date. He pursued her for two years before she said yes. He even drove her on dates with other men during that time, hoping to win her over.
e0RwD TIL that the first guy to claim that AIDS wasn't caused by HIV (and instead the victims' lifestyles) died of AIDS.
woJoo TIL Ozzy Osbourne once accidentally texted Robert Plant while looking for his cat. Ozzy said "I can't find the cat" to which Plant confusingly responded "You can't find the cat...?".
yNv8 TIL the actor who played the sadistic chief guard in The Shawshank Redemption is also the voice of Mr. Krabs
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