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TIL a Steelers fan had a heart attack when Jerome Bettis fumbled the ball in the 2005 AFC playoff game against the Colts. He wasn't upset that the Steelers might lose the game, but he was concerned Jerome Bettis' legacy would be tarnished during what would have been his last game ever if they lost.

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Y7Rdv TIL that Ne Win, dictator of Burma during the Socialist Burma period, was deeply superstitious. In 1987 he banned most banknotes not divisible by nine (his lucky number), wiping out people’s saving overnight and further crippling Burma’s economy.
Yp7eG TIL tigers cannot purr. To show happiness, tigers squint or close their eyes. This is because losing vision lowers defence, so tigers only purposefully do so when they feel comfortable and safe
Z0Xa TIL LION KING was considered the ‘B-movie’ during production and all the top Disney animators were working on POCAHONTAS
RNW4 TIL that both Key & Peele were cast against each other, in what was supposed to be the only black cast member spot available. But both ended up getting the parts due to their tremendous comedic chemistry.
Zp7dD TIL of Tetragametic Chimerism, which occurs when a woman is pregnant with twins and one embryo dies, and the other embryo absorbs the twin's cells. Also it's potential impact on DNA tests, which lead to Lydia Fairchild being accused of fraud and not being the biological mother of her children.