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TIL Mark Ruffalo woke from a dream that told him he had a brain tumor. He got a CT scan the following day confirming he had a benign tumor behind his left ear. The tumor was removed, and he is deaf in that ear as a result of the surgery.

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n1Md TIL that Jaime Sin, a Roman catholic archbishop of Manila was named Cardinal by the pope. Thus giving him the titel “Cardinal Sin”. He also used to greet guests with the frase “Welcome to the house of Sin”.
N5y1 TIL there is an alternate full length Anchorman movie called “Wake Up Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie” made up of scenes that didn’t make the final cut.
N7KRb TIL Winchester Cathedral was built on marsh and was on the verge of collapse as it sunk into the earth. A diver named William Walker worked alone in pitch-black water for five years, eventually putting down 25,000 bags of concrete, 115,000 concrete blocks, and 900,000 bricks to save its foundation.
k8mB TIL Lady Astor, the first female British MP, was constantly at odds with British PM Winston Churchill. During a debate, she declared that if married to him, she’d have poisoned his tea. Churchill responded ‘Madam, if I was your husband, I would drink it.’
jV0E TIL that soldiers in the U.S. military’s psychological warfare department (PSYOPS) used loudspeakers to tempt enemy fighters in Afghanistan into battles they couldn’t win by calling them,“ lady men” and “cowardly dogs”.