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TIL in 1998 in a bar, 25 year old pro wrestler Big Show was harassed with derogatory remarks by a 30 year old man named Robert Sawyer, who is himself 6'6 (1.98m) and 220 pounds (100kg). After having enough, Big Show punched Sawyer, shattering the latter's jaw in the process.

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OG0R4 TIL Mormons enjoy Jell-O leading to the area of the US where they settled being named the "Jell-O Belt":
NrRJ TIL Wilhelm II , the German Kaiser one of the most hated men who ever lived, while absconding to Holland received a letter from a small boy telling him how much the boy loved him in spite of what others thought. Kaiser was so touched he called the boy to Holland and ended up marrying his mother.
m9vM TIL that to save money in taxes, Marvel successfully argued in court that the X-Men, and mutants in general, did not qualify as human, directly contradicting one of the main themes of the comics.
YpxEv TIL that in the 1920's newly hired engineers at General Electric would be told, as a joke, to develop a frosted lightbulb. The experienced engineers believed this to be impossible. In 1925, newly hired Marvin Pipkin got the assignment not realizing it was a joke and succeeded.
neVA9 TIL that Mister Rogers was bullied as a child. "I used to cry to myself when I was alone," he said. "And I would cry through my fingers and make up songs on the piano." As he grew up, he decided to always look past the surface of people to the "essential invisible" within them.