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TIL that Stephen Colbert testified at an official congressional hearing on the state of agricultural jobs in the US, all the while staying fully in-character and making fun of congress in his speech.

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mxVlM TIL when Dungeons & Dragons was released, various groups believed it was a front for murderous Satanists. This lead to Tom Hanks’ first starring role in the TV propaganda movie Mazes and Monsters, in which he becomes his D&D character and stabs a hobo in Manhattan because he thought it was a goblin.
j6jNM TIL about Osamu Mizutani, Also known as the "Yomawari Sensei" (Night Patrol Teacher), He was a night high school teacher in Yokohama, who helped over 330,000 students suffering with depression, harassment and addiction for over 22 years. He wrote a novel based on the events that happened to him.
wooAM TIL that expectant fathers experience hormonal changes as well. Testosterone and estradiol are lowered.
LQlkQ TIL famous baseball player Arthur Irwin committed suicide by jumping off a ship in 1921. When he died, two widows emerged. He had been living a double life and was married two different women in different cities.
v1rOj TIL Between 2011 and 2017 more people have died from taking selfies than in shark attacks worldwide.